If you’re shopping for a whisky lover this Valentine’s Day then we’ve picked our top whiskies which would make ideal gifts.
From special cask finishes to stunning single malts and the best blends, there’s something for all tastes.
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Best for: those that love whisky cocktails
Buy a bottle priced at £34.85 here from Master of Malt
Know your loved one enjoys whisky, but not sure what to gift them for Valentine’s Day? Jura 12 Year Old – an award-winning, popular island whisky- makes finding your perfect match easy.
Each bottle features Jura’s pioneering taste scale, designed to take the guesswork out of gifting by clearly showing the strength of its three key flavours (rated from 0–6): ripe peach (4), bright citrus (3) and lightly toasted walnut (3). It’s a whisky designed to help you discover what you love – before you’ve even cracked open the bottle.
Crafted since 1810 at Jura’s beachside distillery, it’s a dram made for slowing down and enjoying unhurried moments with loved ones.
However you toast your nearest and dearest this Valentine’s Day, Jura 12 Year Old fits the bill – enjoy it neat, or in a Jura Scottish Island Iced Tea.
Best for: those that love a rich whisky
Buy a bottle, priced at £68 from the Whisky Exchange.
This 14 Year Old Tawny Port single malt is an ideal dram to raise a toast this Valentine’s Day – a befittingly aged whisky to celebrate this date in the calendar.
This whisky reflects Tomatin distillery’s style and craftsmanship, and is a soft, smooth and sweet single malt.
It was benefitted from its time spent in tawny port casks, which previously held port for around 50 years which gives it a rich yet balanced aromas of red berries, sweet honey and rich toffee which develop into notes of light fruits and nuts on the palate, leading into a finish of smooth fruit salad.
Best for: an indulgent gift
Buy a bottle, priced at £146, from The Whisky Exchange here
Add an indulgent touch to Valentine's celebrations with Glenfiddich 21 Year Old Gran Reserva.
Gran Reserva is finished in Caribbean Rum casks which give notes of warming ginger, sweet fig and zesty lime notes as well as mellow sweet toffee and a warm, spicy finish.
Best for: a rich, sherried dram
Buy a bottle, priced at £286, from Master of Malt, here
Tamdhu Speyside Single Malt Whisky is a hidden gem and comes beautifully packaged. Every drop of this brand is matured in rare oloroso sherry casks, which give a refined, distinctive and rich character.
If your Valentine loves a good, rich sherry matured whisky, Tamdhu is an ideal brand but it’s the 21 year old that’s a really special buy.
The Tamdhu bottle is presented in a beautiful, Royal green cut-work gift case whose Spanish-Moorish design reflects the Southern Spanish sherry casks used in the maturation process.
The whisky has notes of chocolate, spices, fruitcake but a freshness from apple-y notes and a lingering dry finish likely due to its age. It’d make an ideal old fashioned or boulevardier but it’s an elegant sipping dram no matter the time of year.
For something a bit different, buy Tamdhu’s charitable Atlantic Salmon Trust whisky exclusively at Waitrose (£50/70cl) and a donation is given to the charity for every bottle sold.
Best for: an all-rounder whisky
Buy a bottle, priced at £31, from Waitrose here
Glengoyne Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky is created near Loch Lomond in some of the slowest stills in Scotland.
This refined, fruity, delicate whisky’s entry level dram is the 10 year old, which you can personalise from £53.50.
Aged in a mix of European and American casks, this whisky is a light, sweet dram with bright flavours of orchard fruit, vanilla, malt and toffee.
Best for: a celebratory whisky
Buy a bottle, priced at £1800, from the Whisky Barrel here
Recently crowned the ‘best whisky in the world’, Rosebank 31 year old is a rare Lowland Single Malt Scotch Whisky, triple distilled and matured for over three decades in a selection of refill casks.
The Rosebank legacy series whiskies were made before this historic distillery reopened in 1993 after being closed for decades.
Another superb gift option is Gift Box (£450), a pairing of old and new Rosebank: a 20cl bottle of Rosebank 32 Year Old and a 20cl bottle Rosebank New Make Spirit, produced at the revived distillery.
Best for: exploring English whisky
Buy a bottle, priced at £44.95, from The Whisky Exchange here
Blending single malts from five English distilleries, The Heart Cut x Barley is a celebration of modern English whisky.
This contemporary whisky from independent bottler The Heart Cut, crowned The Whisky Exchange’s Producer of the Year 2026 is soft and inviting with notes of strawberry jam, vanilla cream, cinnamon buns, fresh raspberries, and orange blossom.
Full of warmth and character, it’s ideal for sipping neat or mixing into a Valentine’s Day Old Fashioned to share.
Best for: those that love a deeply flavoured, fruity whisky
Buy a bottle, priced at £49.50, from The Whisky Exchange here
The award-winning Cotswolds Signature Single Malt Whisky was launched in 2017 and is the first whisky ever distilled in the Cotswolds.
It is crafted and distilled using locally grown Cotswold barley that gives it a rich and fruity taste, boasting tones of honey and butterscotch as well as Seville orange marmalade.
Best for: those that love a whisky with a story
Buy a bottle, priced at £110, from The Whisky Exchange here
Created under the guidance of leading whisky historian Fionnan O’Connor, this Irish pot still whiskey is built on a historic formula resurrected from the 19th century.
Matured in an oloroso hogshead, the liquid’s complexity unfolds through notes of orange peel, pear drops, soda bread and hints of orange blossom, leading to pineapple mingling with ginger biscuits.
Rich, distinctive and historically inspired, it’s a thoughtful gift for a whisky lover who appreciates both flavour and story.
Perfect for whisky lovers, and an ideal choice to enjoy after a special dinner when it’s time to relax.
Best for: Outlander fans
Buy the Sassenach whisky for £79.95 from Master of Malt here
If you’re buying for an Outlander fan who also loves whisky, surely there’s no better gift than Jamie Fraser’s whisky?
Launched in the UK in 2020, the whisky is a nod to the nickname Sam Heughan’s character Jamie has given his on-screen love interest Claire on the show.
The Sassenach is a blend that is made by Loch Lomond Whiskies for Sam Heughan. In late 2020 Sam Heughan joined us on our podcast Scran to chat about his whisky, as well as why he chose a blend over a single malt, how it was almost made in America and his re-discovered love of Scotland through filming Outlander.
