Dailuaine 13 Years Old 2009 Cask #315772 (Elixir)

A Dailuaine of a 13 year old chosen by Sukhinder Singh's Elixir Distillers, distilled in 2009, from cask 315772, bottled at 52.9%. Dailuaine is a robust Speyside distillery at Carron, making a full bodied malt mostly for blends. It passed to DCL and Scottish Malt Distillers in the 1920s and was later modernised.

Drawn off three wash and three spirit stills, for a big, full Speyside spirit. It was matured in refill ex-Bourbon oak, vanilla and a soft honey behind the rich malt. In integration lactones (coconut) and vanillin (vanilla) knit with the malt, fruit deepening to dried fruit. The rich, full bodied spirit takes cask flavour well, especially sherry wood. Its big stills give a heavy, full bodied spirit that takes sherry wood especially well. It had its own railway siding and a little locomotive, Dailuaine No.1, known as the Puggy.

At 52.9%, undiluted, it is deep and fruity. Apple, dried fruit and a meaty edge, with a soft vanilla from the oak. The mouthfeel is heavy, the fruit carried on a meaty, malty body. A full, malty finish ends on dried fruit and a warm spice. This is the rich, full bodied Speyside malt of Dailuaine.