Dailuaine 12 Years Old 2013 Cask #302796 (Adelphi)

This Dailuaine was bottled by the Adelphi bottler, a 12 year old, distilled in 2013, from cask 302796, bottled at 53.5%, one of 265 bottles. Dailuaine is a Diageo Speyside distillery, its robust malt the backbone of many a blend. The distillery was founded in 1852 by William Mackenzie on the banks of the Spey at Carron.

The spirit was distilled in large conical necked stills on Bailliemullich Burn water, for the rich, full bodied make Dailuaine is known for. Maturation in an Oloroso cask laid dried fruit over the meaty, malty spirit. By the integrating teens congeners fade and esters build, the rich, full bodied spirit growing rounder. The full bodied make rewards a long, patient maturation in good wood. It had its own railway siding and a little locomotive, Dailuaine No.1, known as the Puggy. Water comes from the Bailliemullich Burn, the spirit drawn off three wash and three spirit stills.

At cask strength 53.5% it is full bodied. A robust, sherried maltiness, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. Dried fruit, malt and a savoury spice fill the middle. A full, malty finish ends on dried fruit and a warm spice. This is the rich, full bodied Speyside malt of Dailuaine.