Jon, Mark and Robbo's The Smoky Peaty One
Blended - Scotland - 40.00% 7 Good as far as it goes, but pulls its punches.

Jon, Mark and Robbo's The Smooth Sweeter One
Blended - Scotland - 40.00% 7 A curious whisky. Not sure where it's coming from, or going to.

Label 5 Classic Black
Blended - Scotland - 40.00% Pretty simple.

Label 5 Finest Blend 12 Years Old
Blended - Scotland - 40.00% Seems young and not quite integrated.

Langs Select 12 Years Old
Blended - Scotland - 40.00% 7 A light, refreshing and aromatic blend. To be enjoyed with light food such as seafood salad or trifle. No water please.

Lauder's 15 Years Old
Blended - Scotland - 40.00% 7 The nose is sweeter than the palate but this is a well structured dram. Water kills it though.

Lindores Abbey 'Angels Share'
Blended - Scotland - 40.00% 7 Lots of cereal-grain character. Seemed dry at first, but developed dessert sweetness – especially with water.

Living Cask Volume XI
Blended - Scotland - 57.00% 7 A loud lad whose tone needs softening.

Lord Elcho 15 Years Old
Blended - Scotland - 40.00% 8 Balanced and well put together, with enough bite to punch through.

Master of Malt 8 Years Old
Blended - Scotland - 40.00% 8 Cleanliness, style and substance. A wee cracker!

Matisse 12 Years Old
Blended - Scotland - 40.00% 7 Quite a complex blend but it takes time to deliver. Well-balanced. Again it would have displayed more at a higher strength.

Matisse 12 Years Old
Blended - Scotland - 40.00% 7 Enjoyable. More-ish. Perfect for lacunae in a busy schedule. Those leather sofa moments in hotel lobbies. Sip it while munching cocktail snacks.

Matisse 12 Years Old
Blended - Scotland - 40.00% 7 A good mixing blend, though this too fades a little.

Matisse Old
Blended - Scotland - 43.00% For those with a sweeter tooth.

Matisse Old Blended Scotch
Blended - Scotland - 40.00% 7 A well balanced dram but it would have gained more being bottled at a higher strength.

Matisse Old Blended Scotch Whisky
Blended - Scotland - 40.00% 6 “Old Blended/3 Years Old” Huh?

Royal Salute 21 Years Old
Blended - Scotland - 40.00% 8 In the rich, luxurious, style, this is a long established favourite of mine.

Royal Salute 21 Years Old
Blended - Scotland - 40.00% 8 After dinner, I would usually think of a malt, but have long enjoyed the unashamed luxuriousness of this blend. This example seems fractionally less voluptuous than I remember, but my memories may be ...

Royal Salute 21 Years Old
Blended - Scotland - 43.00% 8 Antique shop aromas. Oak and fruit locked in a sensual embrace.

Royal Salute 21 Years Old
Blended - Scotland - 40.00% Ripeness and weight is the key here. A gentle monarch.

Royal Salute 50 Years Old
Blended - Scotland - 40.00% 8 A work of craftsmanship, elegance and its own style.

Royal Salute Hundred Casks
Blended - Scotland - 40.00% Less effusive and open than the 21 but the depth is mysterious and rewarding as well.

Royal Salute The Hundred Cask Selection
Blended - Scotland - 40.00% 7 Robust, rather than complex. A sustaining, sweetish, restorative.

Royal Silk Rare Scotch Whisky
Blended - Scotland - 40.00% 7 Pleasant, though real character emerges only in the finish.

Saint Isidore
Blended - Scotland - 41.40% 8 The first nose is unusual and takes you to pine forests. Then the fruit character unwinds. Water releases a cardboard note. I like the spiciness and bouncyp rofile of this whisky.