Dailuaine 10 Years Old 2012 Cask #305576 (Global Whisky Limited)

A Dailuaine of a 10 year old chosen by the bottler Global Whisky Limited, distilled in 2012, from cask 305576, bottled at 54.4%, one of 233 bottles. Dailuaine is a robust Speyside distillery at Carron, making a full bodied malt mostly for blends. Single malt Dailuaine is rare as an official bottling, so most come from independents.

It was distilled in large conical necked stills on Bailliemullich Burn water, for a big, full Speyside spirit. A sherry butt held it, the wood lending raisin, fig and walnut to the robust malt. 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. A fire in 1917 destroyed the maltings, and the distillery was rebuilt soon after. It passed to DCL and Scottish Malt Distillers in the 1920s and was later modernised.

At a hearty 54.4% it carries real weight. Dried fruit, malt and a rich, savoury depth, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. Beneath it run dried fruit, malt and a savoury edge. The finish is deep, rich and savoury. This is a full bodied Speyside single malt of real depth.