Dailuaine 1975 27 Year Old First Cask #5521

Dailuaine 16 Year Old

Dailuaine distillery was established in 1852 and by the end of the 19th century had become one of the largest distilleries in the Highlands. In 1889 it was the very first distillery to be fitted with a pagoda type rook designed by Charles Doig. In 1891, Dailuaine became a part of the Dailuaine-Glenlivet Distillery Ltd that merged with the Talisker...

Score 84/100

Dailuaine 12 Year Old 1994 Authentic Collection

Considering that this is only my 15th Dailuaine after more than 5.000 samples whiskies, that’s saying something about how many times you come across this distillery. Well, only 2% of all their whisky is bottled as single malt, the rest is for the blenders. This is a somewhat older release of a 12 years old, released by Cadenhead in their Authentic...

Score 84/100

Dailuaine 28 Year Old 1983 Archives

This is probably the hardest from the Archives range for me, since it is the First Dailuaine I will write a tasting note for. The only other Dailuaine I tasted was the cask strength Gordon & Macphail shop exclusive I tasted when visiting Elgin in September 2010. I did not make any notes at that time. So this is my first real encounter with...

Score 87/100

Dailuaine 18 Year Old 1980 Samaroli

I do not have a lot of experience with Dailuaine. This is only my fifth, bottled a very long time ago by the famous Italian bottler Samaroli. I get mostly sweet malt on the nose, grain cookies with some honey, cardamom and vanilla. Hints of green banana. Not very expressive, I must say. On the palate, the banana and vanilla, which return in full...

Score 81/100