The International Wine & Spirits Competition has unveiled its annual list of top-rated liquors, as selected by its panel of distinguished industry experts. When it comes to the Scotch whisky winners, there’s quite a lot to unpack. The results are quantified on a scale out of 100 and this year there were only 2 expressions—out of hundreds of entries—to receive a near perfect score of 99 (let’s just assume that 100 is theoretically impossible).
First we’re examining the bigger surprise of the two. Actually, that’s a mild understatement. After a blind tasting, these judges shocked the industry by awarding the highest mark to a whisky which is
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