Dalmore 25 Year Old Bottled 1980's

Dalmore Valour

Nose: Sweet. No, very sweet. It’s almost too sweet. With a lot of dried fruit. Sultanas, honey. Dried figs. Mint. A slight orange note, a bit of wood. Palate: sweet nectar. Orange peel, sultans figs and some wine tannins. And chocolate sprinkled with some white pepper. Finish : candied orange.dried figs and lots of semi sweet chocolate. I can see...

Score 82/100

Dalmore New Make Spirit

I scored this sample of Dalmore new make at the Spirits in the Sky festival in Belgium in November 2014. Since it is not commercially available, I will keep my notes short – I think. The typical smell of cooked vegetables which I get in almost any new make is present here as well, but a lot less obvious than expected. Loads of malted barley and...

Score 80/100

Dalmore 14 Single Cask 1996

Nose: vanilla and coconut. Quite a bit of alcohol burn. With water getting more wet hay, and a bit woody. Palate : malty. Some dried fruit and wet oak. Raisins , white pepper. Finish: dried fruit, honey, toasted oak. And pepper. Bottom line: I was hoping for a little more sherry effect on this one.Not that it does not have it, but it’s too...

Score 79/100

Dalmore 21 Year Old Sherrywood

The nose takes a little time to open up, but once it does it's rich, deep, and complex. Sherry and sweet grain start first, followed by musty old wood and earth, pepper, then overripe fruit, syrup, and finally walnut. This stuff demands your time and rewards your patience. The palate starts very silky, then the flavor erupts with salt and chile...

Score 92/100