You don’t come across many single grain whiskies matured in first-fill sherry casks , but the ones I could try were rather great (a Cambus 1991 Liquid Treasures comes to mind).

Now there’s a brand-new North British 1990 in the Connoisseurs Choice range from Gordon & MacPhail, in fact the first grain whisky they’ve ever bottled in 123 years of bottling history! And look at that colour…

North British 28 yo 1990 (61%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Connoisseurs Choice’ 2018, first-fill sherry puncheon #73847, 181 btl.)

Nose: rum and raisins, sour cherry preserve and something like cranberry ice cream,...