Santa’s Little Helper: Gift Ideas
Some Society suggestions for Santa, on the first day of Christmas which bottlings will be under the tree…

Last orders for guaranteed delivery: Wed 19 Dec (midday) 

*Light, fruity dram….tasty, very easy drinking
50.50 Conifers, grasses and  flowers
22yo Lowland, £68.70
Conifers, grasses and flowery perfumes before fruity sweetness emerged –apricot flan, yellow plums, lemon cake, honey, flapjacks, ginger ale and butterscotch. BUY

*Delicate, sweet with bags of character…nurse this one!
85.24 Autumn Kitchen
27yo Speyside Lossie, £87.60
Oranges, sandalwood, tobacco, quinces, and woody spices reminded some of North African cuisine, others more of an Autumnal kitchen with stewed apples, pecan pie, fruit cake, raspberry jam, milk chocolate, crème fraîche on Madeira 
cake and cognac. BUY

*Smoky seductress…mmm, and a sherry cask
29.128 Deep, dark and hugely entertaining
21yo Islay, £79.50
The nose had sweet hickory smoke, pagoda roof timbers and a boat-builder’s workbench; rich, delightful savoury notes (grilled prawns and scallops in balsamic glaze, roast pig with an apple in its mouth); plus molasses, cough syrup, 
five-spice powder and leather. BUY

*Honey-sweet smoke
3.199 Life is a beach
16yo Islay, £66.50
We sniffed – and were once again young and carefree, enjoying beach bonfire/barbeques – hot stones, burnt sticks, charcoal, ash, wood smoke, scallop shells, lemon,  flame-roasted pork, salt-encrusted rocks and sun cream!
BUY

*For the Hippy at Heart?
35.72 Vinyl Revival
23yo Speyside Lossie, £69.90
Richly textured whisky reminded our panel of the warming fragrance of a vinyl record in the middle of play. This was accompanied by the smell of a stir-fry with raisins and Hoisin Sauce.  BUY

Stocking Fillers: Mighty Mini packs 
Sweet & Savoury or a smoky Surf & Turf Seaside BBQ pack
Four-not-of-a-kind bottlings, pack and tasting book. More 

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