Dalwhinnie / 1981, Distillers Edition, Oloroso Sherry

Dalwhinnie

1981, Distillers Edition, Oloroso Sherry

ABV 43%
REVIEWED Issue 8

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Specifications

Brand: Dalwhinnie
Expression: 1981, Distillers Edition, Oloroso Sherry
Type: Scotland Whisky / Single Malt
Age: No Age Statement
ABV: 43%
Country/Region: Scotland / Highland
Bottling type: Standard (Distillery or blended)

Tasting notes

Taster Michael Jackson

Nose: Oloroso, liquorice, rooty, grassy.
Palate: Very sweet, toffeeish start. Honey. Very distinct lemony notes. Long flavour development to peatiness, cut-grass, vanilla and fresh oak.
Finish: Very long. Cut-grass, peat, smoke, oak.
Comment: Beautiful interplay and balance.

8.0

Taster Doug McIvor

Nose: Soft and honeyed with gentle traces of liquorice and stronger peat emerging through sherry notes.
Palate: Light, honeyed and playfully viscous; leading eventually to more liquorice and peat.
Finish: Disappointingly short. Perhaps over-sherried for such a delicate malt. The peat cuts in sharply to dominate the finish.
Comment: More complex than the 15 Years Old but somehow lacks the balance and lingering charm.

7.0

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