Dallas Dhu 1973 Map Label Gordon & Macphail

Dallas Dhu 31 Year Old 1969 Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask

Old Malt Cask from Douglas Laing means golden drinking strength, i.e. 50%. Rumour has it that the Laing brothers are splitting the company, but I am trying a Dallas Dhu from the good old days. It is a distillate from before I was born, that matured for 31 long years on a sherry cask. My oldest Dallas Dhu so far. The nose offers nice fruity tones....

Score 88/100

Dallas Dhu 1980/2007, 26 Years, Part Des Anges

from a purchased sample Nose: Along the lines of the 1981, though perhaps a touch more minerally. Spun cotton candy, sweet glue, and a little more floral. Maybe less complex, though far greater balance and control of the sweetness. Of course, candied and sweet barley, lemon zest, a single quince. Fresh apricots, too, and caster sugar frosting....

Score 87/100

Dallas Dhu 1965 Vintage G&M Connoisseurs Choice

Good news everyone, Dallas Dhu will resume production after a spending the last 32year in hibernation! I hope I’ve got you all excited, but don't celebrate just yet, we got the exact same news two years ago. Back in 2013, the Scottish government, proprietor of this so called ‘time capsule’ museum, payed for a study to explore the feasibility of...

Score 90/100

Dallas Dhu 19 Year Old 1979 Gordon & Macphail

Dallas Dhu was originally named Dallasmore, but because their best known blend was called Roderick Dhu (after a character from Sir Walter Scott’s Lady of the Lake), it was rechristened Dallas Dhu, which translates into ‘the black swamp’. Nowadays it is a museum, which I visited in 2010. It was a Sunday morning, which meant I could not buy any...

Score 80/100