Tasting 1 single Dailuaine

At a whisky fringe in denmark earlier this year, I had the opportunity to try this whisky, and I was so impressed that I later bought a full bottle.



Dailuaine 12yo 1999-2011 43% Dun Bheagan cask#90561,90562

This was finished in a barolo wine cask. I've previously had my ups and downs with that kind of wood. The color is deep amber. It smells of sweet red wine, tannins, onions, garlic, earthy, tobacco, oaky, wheat biscuits, coal. The taste is leather, oranges, lemon, green apples, oaky, tannins again, dry white wine, very complex, but lacks some of the smoky notes I usually regard so highly in many Dailuaines. The finish is leathery, peppery, grassy, oily, burnt oak.

Certainly a good whisky, but is it a good Dailuaine? Unusual!: 6



Next tasting: Aberlour Distillery