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87
Dalwhinnie (29 year old, 57.8%)
Style: Highland single malt scotch
Color: Gold
Aroma: Quite fruity (especially apples). Hint of honey and caramel with subtle background oak. Prickling alcohol before the addition of water.
Palate: Smooth and mouth-coating. Nicely balanced. Delicately honeyed fruit notes up from, followed by oak and toffee, becoming dry and spicy with pleasant lingering oak.
General Comments: Like the younger 15 year old distillery
bottling, this is a very pleasing, easy to drink whisky. More depth
and complexity than the 15 year old.
Price: ranges between $300 to $350. Limited distribution (Schieffelin & Somerset, 212/251-8200).
(1st Quarter 2004 Issue-Vol. 13#1)
84
Dalwhinnie Distillers Edition, 1990 vintage, 43%, $65
Matured in oloroso casks. The oloroso takes what is typically a pleasingly honeyed, but not particularly complex, malt and adds a layer of fruit to it. Crisp, clean notes of lemon, pineapple, and ginger, are softened by honeyed malt, vanilla, and hay. Soft, lingering finish.
(2ndQuarter 2006 Issue-Vol. 15#2)
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