Adelphi Clynelish 11 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 59.80%
7
I normally rate Clynelish very highly, but this bottling leaves its fireworks until the last minute, and with more heat than light.
Adelphi Dailuaine 21 Years Old, Cask 4150
Single Malt - Scotland - 56.10%
8
The confident virtues of a good Speyside whisky: malt, heather and peat. Well-combined but without either refinements or flourishes.
Adelphi Dalmore 11 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 57.20%
7
A big, rich bottling, but some of the Dalmore character has been overpowered.
Adelphi Glen Grant 1969
Single Malt - Scotland - 52.90%
8
Holds up very well in the middle but the woodiness at the end is overpowering.
Adelphi Glen Grant 1969
Single Malt - Scotland - 53.90%
8
Glen Grant is a delicate whisky and does not always benefit from long maturation. This bottling is on the cusp. The distillery character can still be discerned, but only just.
Adelphi Highland Park 17 Years Old, Cask 2903
Single Malt - Scotland - 55.30%
9
That dance might have been led by Fred Astaire. The great all-rounder in lean and energetic mood. Makes it look easy. Try it with a late-night movie.
Adelphi Linkwood 17 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 64.20%
8
Linkwood always evokes thoughts of sweetmeats, sometimes delicate, on other occasions more robust. This is in the latter mood: down-to-earth sweetness.
Adelphi Rosebank 1992, 9 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 61.00%
8
The aroma promised much, but the palate is curiously drying. Rosebank was never peaty, and this is too young to be woody, so I don't know the origin of that harshness.
Adelphi Tamdhu 1985
Single Malt - Scotland - 55.30%
7
Judging from the very pale colour, the wood did not have much positive input. Hence, perhaps, the lack of Tamdhu's sometime elegance.
Adelphi Tullibardine 35 Years Old, Cask 2112
Single Malt - Scotland - 54.60%
7
Tullibardine is a gentle, civilised, malt that seems to live in obscurity. Nice to be reminded of its existence. Could be a golfers dram – the distillery is near Gleneagles.