Dad had it easy. If he was a Scotch man, his choices were basically Dewar's, Johnnie Walker, or Chivas. Then single-malts began to pour into the market, and life wasn't so simple. To understand the world's greatest whisky-making country, it helps to break single-malts down by region. We'll start with the area around the River Spey in the Scottish Highlands. It's home to about half of Scotland's distilleries, including star producers like Aberlour, the Balvenie (both of those cask-strength offerings were featured here in October), and the Macallan. Speyside malts tend to be full, rich, balanced, easy to like. The bottles here are fairly accessible introductions to each brand.
1. Glenfiddich
15-year-old $45
Glenfiddich was the first single-malt on the market and is still first-class, especially in this 15-year-old version, aged like Spanish sherry.
By Pete Wells, Details
Do you want to attend a Glenfiddich event? Visit www.fiddichfellowship.comto register. Your special event code is "Gather".
>>>Learn more at glenfiddich.gather.com.
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