2021 San Francisco World Spirits Competition Gold Medal Winner Double Gold Medal Winner of San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2018 Glimmering bronze color. Mature and fragrant with heavy spices and dark chocolate notes. Bitter chocolate and creamy vanilla with hints of toffee, followed by a long and spicy finish. For a quarter of a century, casks of this rare expression of Old Pulteney Single Malt Scotch Whisky breathed the invigorating sea air of the Caithness coast. Sheltered from a fast-changing world by the darkened calm of a distillery warehouse, the spirit mellowed at its own steady pace, echoing the reassuring rhythm of its hometown port. Aged firstly in American oak, its spicy sweetness was later granted depth and colour by casks of Spanish oak. Elegant and charismatic, this wonderful whisky embodies both Wick’s spirit of endurance and Pulteney Distillery’s devotion to its craft.

A newer producer in the world of cult single cask Armagnac, this is a style that is for the Bourbon heads and newly converted alike. Don't get us wrong, this is pure Armagnac through and through which is what we mean. It has the oak driven profile and the beautiful sweet, spice, vanilla and caramel notes that remind us of Bourbon. It is dry, slightly smoky, slightly tannic. But it also has much more going on and is remarkably well balanced at this age and proof. You could try in vain to find a Bourbon that delivers this much for this price, or you can try this instead.