Gordon & MacPhail is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its Connoisseurs Choice range this year with the release of 37 new bottlings from 23 different distilleries. Some of them are over 30 years old and come in a special bottle and a wooden box. There are also three new entrants to the Discovery range.

After that wonderful Glen Elgin 1997 in the Connoisseurs Choice range, I’m particularly interested in similar first-fill sherry casks. So this Aberfeldy 1993 caught my attention (as well as that Mortlach 1987 above, which I will review shortly).

Aberfeldy 25 yo 1993 (58,8%, Gordon...