Dalwhinnie 1981, Distillers Edition, Oloroso Sherry

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 8 by Michael Jackson and Doug McIvor.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Oloroso, liquorice, rooty, grassy. Palate Very sweet, toffeeish start. Honey. Very distinct lemony notes. Long flavour development to peatiness, cut-grass, vanilla and fresh oak. Finish Very long. Cut-grass, peat, smoke, oak. Comment Beautiful interplay and balance.

Doug McIvor Nose Soft and honeyed with gentle traces of liquorice and stronger peat emerging through sherry notes. Palate Light, honeyed and playfully viscous; leading eventually to more liquorice and peat. Finish Disappointingly short. Perhaps over-sherried for such a delicate malt. The peat cuts in sharply to dominate the finish. Comment More complex than the 15 Years Old but somehow lacks the balance and lingering charm.