Dailuaine 13 Years Old 1994 Cask #6087 (Duncan Taylor)

A 13 year old Dailuaine from the Huntly bottler Duncan Taylor, distilled in 1994, from cask 6087, bottled at 46%. Dailuaine is a robust Speyside distillery at Carron, making a full bodied malt mostly for blends. The name is Gaelic for the green vale, after the hollow in which the distillery sits.

It was made in large copper stills for a rich, robust make, for the rich, full bodied make Dailuaine is known for. A bourbon barrel held it, vanilla and a soft spice over the malty spirit. By the integrating teens congeners fade and esters build, the rich, full bodied spirit growing rounder. The rich, full bodied spirit takes cask flavour well, especially sherry wood. Most of its make goes to blending, with a Flora and Fauna sixteen year old the regular single malt. Water comes from the Bailliemullich Burn, the spirit drawn off three wash and three spirit stills.

At an approachable 46% it is soft and easy. Apple, dried fruit and a meaty edge, with a soft vanilla from the oak. It is robust and fruity, the full bodied spirit shining through. It finishes robust, malty and warm. This is a rich, dried fruit laden Speyside single malt.