Dailuaine 24 Years Old 1997 Cask #6026 + 6027 (Signatory)

Cask Strength Collection

700ml / 50.5%

Single Malt

$370

This Dailuaine was bottled by the Pitlochry bottler Signatory Vintage, a 24 year old, at 50.5%. Malt, dried fruit and a savoury depth fill the glass. Founded in 1852, it was the first distillery to use the pagoda roof. The name is Gaelic for the green vale in which it sits. This is a full bodied Speyside malt of real depth.

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SKU DLN247 Categories Dailuaine, Scottish Whisky, Speyside, Whiskey Brand: Dailuaine

Description

A 24 year old Dailuaine from the Pitlochry bottler Signatory Vintage, distilled in 1997, from cask 6026 + 6027, bottled at 50.5%, one of 369 bottles. Dailuaine, whose name is Gaelic for the green vale, is a heavy, full bodied Speysider. Water comes from the Bailliemullich Burn, the spirit drawn off three wash and three spirit stills.

Run through the distillery's big copper stills, for a rich, meaty make that suits sherry wood. It was matured in refill ex-Bourbon oak, vanilla and a soft honey behind the rich malt. At this evaporative stage ellagitannins lend a drying structure while oxidation builds a richer, meatier fruit. The clean spirit shows the cask clearly, vanilla and fruit over a rich malt. It sits near Aberlour, in the heart of Speyside by the River Spey. A fire in 1917 destroyed the maltings, and the distillery was rebuilt soon after.

At its natural 50.5% it is concentrated. Dried fruit, malt and a rich, savoury depth, with a soft vanilla from the oak. The texture is full and rich, the fruit lifted by a meaty malt. The finish is deep, rich and savoury. This is Dailuaine, a backbone of the great blends.