Dailuaine 11 Years Old 2015 Cask #300972 (Dr��m M��r)

The bottler Dr��m M��r bottled this Dailuaine, an 11 year old, distilled in 2015, from cask 300972, bottled at 52.9%, one of 100 bottles. Dailuaine is a rich, meaty Speyside single malt from the banks of the Spey near Aberlour. Single malt Dailuaine is rare as an official bottling, so most come from independents.

The spirit was run through the distillery's big copper stills, for a rich, meaty make that suits sherry wood. Ex-Bourbon casks held it, the oak letting the heavy, malty character lead. Through integration spirit and wood marry, vanillin settling into vanilla as ethyl esters lend a riper orchard fruit over the meaty malt. Refill oak lets the robust Dailuaine character lead, malt and dried fruit beneath. Most of its make goes to blending, with a Flora and Fauna sixteen year old the regular single malt. It passed to DCL and Scottish Malt Distillers in the 1920s and was later modernised.

At its natural 52.9% it is concentrated. A rich, full bodied sweetness, with a soft vanilla from the oak. A dried fruit and a malty depth give it weight. The finish is deep, rich and savoury. This is the robust, sherried malt of Carron.