The Dalmore / Cigar Malt Reserve

The Dalmore

Cigar Malt Reserve

ABV 43%
REVIEWED Issue 31

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Specifications

Brand: The Dalmore, Whyte & Mackay
Expression: Cigar Malt Reserve
Type: Scotland Whisky / Single Malt
Age: No Age Statement
Year of bottling: 2003
ABV: 43%
Country/Region: Scotland / Highland
Bottling type: Standard (Distillery or blended)

Tasting notes

Taster Michael Jackson

Nose: Gentle smokiness like chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Emphatic 'box of chocolates' aroma: Orange cream pralines in black chocolate.
Palate: Texture and flavour of chocolate mousse cake. Powdered cocoa. Then juicy maltiness and understated vanilla-pod dryness.
Finish: Biscotti: chocolate and plain. A hint of toast. Charcoal, oak.
Comment: Beautifully constructed, very distinctive.

8.3

Taster Dave Broom

Nose: Big, sweet, concentrated. Chocolate orange, cocoa, raisins, sticky toffee pudding, black fruits, Madeira-like, bitter-sweet. Needs water to calm it and show balanced oak clearly.
Palate: Big, fat, rich. Rum, raisin, kumquat peel/marmalade. Chocolate, dried peel, vanilla.
Finish: Bitter chocolate.
Comment: A bling-bling dram. Goes wonderfully with cigars! (and fur coats and gold jewellery).

7.8

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