1/Love your Glenfiddich Grand Cru 23 and wondering what sits closest to it? Meet Tomintoul 25, the nearest twin at Dan Murphy's. It gives a Glenfiddich Grand Cru 23 drinker about 76% of what their bottle does, and costs $222 more.
2/In the glass they split. Glenfiddich Grand Cru 23 leans sweet: canned apricots, toasted marshmallows, apple blossom, caramel, milk chocolate. Tomintoul 25 runs drier: peaches, ripe apples, cocoa, milky coffee, soft spices. They share apple, honey, vanilla and milk.
3/This week the Glenfiddich Grand Cru 23 is $511 at Dan Murphy's and the Tomintoul 25 is $733, roughly $30.86 a pour at home against $23.13. A yes for each: stay with the Glenfiddich Grand Cru 23 if it's your bottle, reach for the Tomintoul 25 when you fancy a change.
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