The perfect gift – £7,500 bottle of rare single malt

November 2011 Looking for the ultimate gift for a whisky lover? It has to be a limited edition bottle of 50-year-old Dalmore Candela single malt – for £7,500 from boutique whisky shop Arkwrights. Only 77 bottles have been released. Created by master blender Richard Paterson, it includes single malts from 1868 with the youngest malt being from 1951.

It tastes of ginger cake, spiced toffee, butterscotch, roasted coffee and thick cut marmalade – the hallmark of this classic malt.

The Dalmore Distillery, on the shores of the Firth of Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, has been producing single malt whisky since 1839

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Arkwrights is a boutique whisky shop based in the Cotswolds. It is run by husband and wife team Ken and Fran Thomas who are passionate about whisky. The company has been running for 15 years and has a thriving online business. Arkwrights delivers whisky around the world – from London to Taiwan.

They can provide a wealth of whisky information – from what whisky to serve with what sort of food to cocktail recipes.