This is deliciously beautiful on the nose, with sweet spice, Christmas cake, and a hint of toffee apple. The palate is silky smooth, with a warmth that coats the mouth without being overpowering, and just a hint of smokiness completing the picture. A brilliant debut from this name to watch.

Glenfarclas is one of the only family-run distilleries in Scotland and has been in the Grant family for generations. This 25 year old single malt from Glenfarclas spent its days in 100% Oloroso sherry casks. It's complex, nutty, with clear sherry character and a rich, long finish. It won gold at the 2019 International Spirits Challenge.

Adelphi is best known as a highly regarded independent bottler. However this is a blend from its private stock, kept in a solera system. The blend is a mystery, but contains whiskies from across Scotland, including Islay, Speyside and Campbeltown. The whisky is always bottled non-chill filtered and with no added colour. The nose is full of rich fruit, caramel and butterscotch. There’s a spiciness to the palate and a long clean finish.

A staple of Fettercairn’s range, this offers the purest expression of the distillery’s house style – matured for 22 years in American White Oak ex-bourbon barrels, this whisky shows a hugely enticing profile of banana, mango, fig, and raisin before developing beautifully into a lingering finish of vanilla, oak, spiced pears, and treacle. Presented at 47% ABV with natural colour and non-chill filtered, there’s no better way to explore the style of this much-loved historic distillery.