NOVEMBER PREVIEWS: HAPPY DRAMS

This week’s preview selection is all about happiness and contentment. A job well done, an early morning walk on the beach, celebrating a special moment; all come with a warm glow of satisfaction, as do these lovely drams. So whether you work hard or play hard, being the first to hold one close is sure to bring a smile…

Sweet, fruity & mellow

36.90

Happy, frivolous, smoochy dram
A fruity nose (mandarin, melon) with Victoria sponge, biscuits and wood shavings; candy necklaces, coffee kisses and freesias with water. The palate is sweet (millionaire shortbread, chocolate M&Ms, toffee, coffee fudge) and lively (honeydew melon, raspberries, tinny tingles of toasted oak).

15 years old First fill ex-bourbon barrel

£55.20 Buy >

Spicy & sweet

48.63

Up all night editorial
Her desk is chaos, scattered with dusty magazines, lemon drizzle cake, marmalade, spiced banana bread. She chews lemon bon bons, aniseed balls and nibbles chocolate buttons and tablet. Dawn creeps slowly and rewards with hot, buttered toast and freshly iced buns.

11 years old
First fill ex-bourbon barrel

£45.60 Buy >

Oily & coastal

3.254

Sweet & salty seaweed
Like an early morning walk on a pebble beach with the enticing smell of salty and sweet seaweed in the air. To taste, scallops and sweet chilli on rocket leaves. Diluted, we ended up with a bowl of steaming smoked haddock chowder.

19 years old
Refill ex-bourbon hogshead

Only 18* preview bottles!
£87.90 Buy >

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*We release a small number of bottles as a preview – it’s one of the perks of being an email subscriber! But don’t worry if you don’t get one tonight; the majority of bottles are released on First Friday.

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