From Wick on Scotland's northern coast, this latest 12-year-old bottling tastes a wee bit peatier than the last sample I tried a year ago. And that's perfectly fine in my books. That character – closer to fresh sea air than iodine or pungent smoke – marries beautifully with the round, succulent, malty fruitiness, and it never obscures the additional overtones of vanilla and spice. Viscous and velvety, it's gloriously balanced. $79.99 in B.C., $61.88 in Saskatchewan, $59.27 in Manitoba, $69.75 in Quebec, $49.78 in New Brunswick, $49.98 in Nova Scotia, $60.63 in Newfoundland, $51.75 in Prince Edward Island.