The Dalmore Cigar Malt

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 31 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Gentle smokiness like chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Emphatic ‘box of chocolates’ aroma: Orange cream pralines in black chocolate. Palate Texture and flavour of chocolate mousse cake. Powdered cocoa. Then juicy maltiness and understated vanilla-pod dryness. Finish Biscotti: chocolate and plain. A hint of toast. Charcoal, oak. Comment Beautifully constructed, very distinctive.

Dave Broom Nose Big, sweet, concentrated. Chocolate orange, cocoa, raisins, sticky toffee pudding, black fruits, Madeira-like, bitter-sweet. Needs water to calm it and show balanced oak clearly. Palate Big, fat, rich. Rum, raisin, kumquat peel/marmalade. Chocolate, dried peel, vanilla. Finish Bitter chocolate. Comment A bling-bling dram. Goes wonderfully with cigars! (and fur coats and gold jewellery).