TheSingletonofDufftownFruityDecadence15YearOld(700mL)

<p>A fifteen year-old Highlander vying for the top shelf. </p><p>If someone asks if you like <em>Singleton Single Malt Whiskey,</em> the correct response is, <em>“Which one?”</em> There are three: The Singleton of Glendullan, The Singleton of Glen Ord, and The Singleton of Dufftown. Each distillery is awesome in its own way. All are Highlanders, all are used in <em>premium blends,</em> all have versions of The Singleton, and each has their own Single Malt brand as well. Two are Speyside, and one — Glen Ord — is Ross-shire. Some say the distinction is all marketing spin… we disagree. We love them all, but there is something about the <em>limestone-filtered spring water</em> in Ross-shire. Growth has been phenomenal, and parent Diageo envisions The Singleton becoming a first tier Single Malt producer along with Glenlivet, Glenfiddich, and the Macallan.</p><p>The Singleton of Dufftown is in Speyside at the<em> Dufftown Distillery,</em> sitting just upstream from Mortlach and about a mile from its sister Glendullen Distillery. And that is what you get here — a true-blue Speysider with all the delicate, fruit-forward notes you want in a dram of this character. <em>The Singleton of Dufftown 15 Year Old </em>has been aged mostly in ex-Bourbon casks with the balance aged in Oloroso Sherry casks, earning it the nickname <em>“Fruity Decadence”</em> proudly displayed on the label. It is, perhaps, the <em>perfect Single Malt entry dram.</em></p>