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With its impressive portfolio of whisky brands, Diageo unveils the Rare by Nature special collection comprising eight cask-strength single malt Scotch whiskies, ranging from an ABV 51.4 percent to 58.4 percent, from some of Scotland’s most renowned distilleries. Why choose when you can have them all, which are individually numbered and quantitatively limited. Whether it is the Cardhu 18 Year Old, Cragganmore 12 Year Old, Dalwhinnie 30 Year Old, Lagavulin 12 Year Old, Mortlach 26 Year Old, Pittyvaich 19 Year Old, Singleton 18 Year Old or Talisker 15 Year Old, each is carefully selected to showcase

distinctive maturation techniques and unexpected taste profiles.

The pinnacle of Johnnie Walker, the Blue Label, has an additional entry. The individually numbered Johnnie Walker Blue Label

Ghost and Rare Glenury Royal is the third in the series of special releases crafted using whiskies sourced from defunct distilleries, hence the expression “ghost.”

The Highland-based distillery Glenury Royal shuttered in 1985 and this Blue Label edition uses the eponymous single malt as its rich and fruity crux, before adding blends from Cambus, Pittyvaich, Glen Elgin, Inchgower, Glenlossie, Cameronbridge and Glenkinchie for a complex and multi-sensorial finish boasting sweet whiffs of vanilla, heather honey and dried fruits as well as balanced by dark chocolate, creamy toffee and butterscotch notes.