Dailuaine 10 Years Old ChWh (Chorlton Whisky)

The bottler Chorlton Whisky bottled this Dailuaine, a 10 year old, bottled at 58.7%, one of 241 bottles. Dailuaine, whose name is Gaelic for the green vale, is a heavy, full bodied Speysider. In 1889 it became the first distillery to use the pagoda roof, the Doig Ventilator designed by Charles Doig.

Distilled in large conical necked stills on Bailliemullich Burn water, for the rich, full bodied make Dailuaine is known for. It was matured in refill ex-Bourbon oak, vanilla and a soft honey behind the rich malt. Integration folds eugenol (clove) and vanillin (vanilla) into the malt, the heavy body fuller and richer. The clean spirit shows the cask clearly, vanilla and fruit over a rich malt. The full bodied make rewards a long, patient maturation in good wood. A first fill sherry cask suits the robust spirit, dried fruit meeting the meaty weight. It sits near Aberlour, in the heart of Speyside by the River Spey.

At its natural 58.7% it is concentrated. Malt, dried fruit and a rich spice, with a soft vanilla from the oak. The mouthfeel is heavy, the fruit carried on a meaty, malty body. It finishes robust, malty and warm. This is the robust, sherried malt of Carron.