Dailuaine 14 Years Old 2008 Cask #HL 20106 (Edition Spirits)

This Dailuaine was bottled by the bottler Edition Spirits, a 14 year old, distilled in 2008, from cask HL 20106, bottled at 55.5%, one of 159 bottles. Dailuaine is a robust Speyside distillery at Carron, making a full bodied malt mostly for blends. Its rich, robust malt has long been a backbone of the Johnnie Walker blends.

The spirit was run through the distillery's big copper stills, for the rich, full bodied make Dailuaine is known for. A Pedro Ximenez cask added raisin, date and a treacle sweetness. In integration lactones (coconut) and vanillin (vanilla) knit with the malt, fruit deepening to dried fruit. The slow loss of the angel's share concentrates the rich, malty core over the years. The cool Speyside air gives a slow, even maturation, the heavy malt deepening. It had its own railway siding and a little locomotive, Dailuaine No.1, known as the Puggy. A first fill sherry cask suits the robust spirit, dried fruit meeting the meaty weight.

At a hearty 55.5% it carries real weight. A heavy, malty fruitiness, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. A dried fruit and a malty depth give it weight. It finishes robust, malty and warm. This is one of Speyside's heavier single malts.