The Glenturret 10 Years old Peat Smoked Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700 ml)

When Lalique Group acquired Glenturret in 2019, the distillery severed its decades-long role as the backbone of The Famous Grouse blend and rebuilt its identity around single malt exclusivity — a categorical reinvention for a site documented to 1763 on the banks of the Turret Burn in Crieff, Perthshire. The Peat Smoked expression is the deliberate counterpoint to that post-2019 house direction: where the core range pursues unpeated delicacy, this bottling reaches back to the kiln-fired tradition the distillery is abandoning from 2025 onward, making it a transitional artifact of Glenturret's own history.

Process water is drawn exclusively from Loch Turret via a dedicated pipeline from the Grampian Mountains above Ben Chonzie — the catchment geology yields exceptionally soft water that amplifies ester formation during fermentation. Barley is kiln-dried over peat smoke before mashing at ~70°C. Fermentation runs approximately 48 hours in traditional pine washbacks, building the distillery's characteristically fruity, acidic new make. Distillation passes through a 12,500-litre wash still and a 9,000-litre spirit still fitted with a reflux bowl, maximising copper contact and lifting the spirit above the smoke rather than letting peat dominate. Ten years of maturation in American oak sherry-seasoned casks lays honey and dried fruit beneath the phenolic register. What no Highland peer replicates: this level of smoke from one of Scotland's smallest still pairs, where the reflux bowl structurally resists heaviness even in a peated expression.