To create the 15 Year Old Gordon Motion, Highland Park's Master Whisky Maker, selected predominantly sherry-seasoned European oak casks to deliver warm, spicy notes and sherry-seasoned American oak casks to provide a balance of sweet vanilla. Expertly adding just a few refill casks to soften and smooth the flavours, he chose to bottle at 44% ABV to allow the whisky’s vibrant fruitiness and distinctive heathery peat to shine through.

This is a wonderfully rich and complex single malt. Opening with rich and spicy aromas of crème brûlée, heather honey and crumbled cinnamon, intensely fruity notes follow – fresh pineapple dressed with a scattering of sun-kissed lemon zest. There’s a hint of freshly baked sponge cake, warm from the oven, and cinnamon again, but toasted shards this time. Citrus and vanilla notes linger in the aromatic waves of peat smoke.