Dailuaine 10 Years Old The Speakeasy (Douglas Laing)

This Dailuaine was bottled by the Glasgow bottler Douglas Laing, a 10 year old, bottled at 48%, one of 150 bottles. Dailuaine is a heavy, fruity Speyside single malt from near Aberlour. It passed to DCL and Scottish Malt Distillers in the 1920s and was later modernised.

The spirit was worked through the big stills for a meaty, malty spirit, to build a robust, malty, sherry loving character. First fill bourbon gave a fuller vanilla over the robust spirit. In integration lactones (coconut) and vanillin (vanilla) knit with the malt, fruit deepening to dried fruit. Years in oak round the spirit, the fruit deepening to dried fruit and a savoury spice. Long ageing turns the fresh fruit towards dried fruit, fig, leather and a warm spice. Refill oak lets the robust Dailuaine character lead, malt and dried fruit beneath. The clean spirit shows the cask clearly, vanilla and fruit over a rich malt.

Bottled at a cask strength 48%, it is rich. A heavy, malty fruitiness, with a soft vanilla from the oak. Dried fruit, malt and a savoury spice fill the middle. It finishes robust, malty and warm. This is Dailuaine's heavy, meaty Speyside style.