Unmistakably, Grange, this 2012 vintage is complex, flamboyant and lifted. An aromatic multi-cultural characteristics. The earthiness is well integrated with the aromas of dark fruits, grounded coffee, red liquorice and black olives, which leads to a firmly structured finish.

Glenglassaugh cask #3802 is a Pedro Ximénez cask. Filled to cask in 1972 and bottled at 47 years old, this presents an exceptionally rare and complex example of our coastal Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky. Of natural colour, non chill filtered, and matured in our coastal warehouses on the shores of Sandend Bay for over forty-seven years, it has exquisite notes of passion fruit and buttercream, kissed by the sea. Colour; Bronze.Nose; Exquisite balance of ripe dark and tropical fruits with cherry brandy, plum liqueur and gently spiced berry.Palate; With finesse and depth, cassis and cherry glaze roll into passion fruit with buttercream, intertwined with silky maturation oils, kissed by the sea.Finish; Rich, deep cherry and refined oak.

It is visible in a rocky valley’s many solid strata; laid down over millennia, worn smooth by wind and rain. And with layers comes complexity. Which is why Glenfiddich 40 is so much more than an exemplary single malt. This rare single malt is made through remnant vatting, a pioneering process in which our malt master carries one batch over, time and again, and marries it with the casks selected for each subsequent release. Cask after cask, season after season, it absorbs the evolving flavours of the passing years. Melding the many liquid layers of its four-decade formulation to create an extraordinary expression. It is time, age, experience accumulated. Physical. Tangible. Layer upon layer of maverick thinking, made manifest. TASTING NOTES: A luxuriously full and silky smooth taste, with memories of past releases in every nuanced note. Evolving from deep dried fruit notes to rich fruitcake, dates, raisins and stewed apples, before giving way to dry oaky notes, with subtle hints of bitter chocolate and peat.

Château Pétrus is one of Bordeaux's most important vineyard sites, lying on the easterly edge of the Pomerol appellation bordering Saint-Émilion. Although wines of Pomerol have never been classified, it is widely recognised that Pétrus is the most outstanding wine of the appellation, if not the entire Right Bank. Almost always made entirely of Merlot, the 2009 is one such vintage which is 100% single varietal. The perfect vintage conditions have provided the expert team at Pétrus the ideal opportunity to provide with a wine that comes as close to perfection as humanly possible. Stunning concentration and complexity run through the entire palate that is remarkably ready to drink today, yet will live comfortably in the cellar gathering further intense flavours and aromas for the next 20 to 30 years.

SYLVAIN CATHIARD Aux Malconsorts 1er cru, Vosne-Romanee

With only 309 bottles produced worldwide, the Last Drop 1968 Single Malt Scotch Whisky is the ultimate in rare and collectible whiskies. Cask 13504 yielded 168 bottle sets.Amber with long-lingering beading. A mellow nosefeel, with slight prickle after a while. The highly perfumed initial aroma scented hand-cream, attar of roses, carnations reduces in time, infused by notes of almond oil and oak shavings, with a trace of vanilla. A drop of water enhances the wood notes. A smooth texture and a sweet taste, drying in the spicy finish, with a suggestion of Friars Balsam medicine and a cooling mentholic aftertaste.