Dailuaine 9 Years Old 2014 Cask #307624 – 307628 (Wilson & Morgan)

A 9 year old Dailuaine from the Italian bottler Wilson and Morgan, distilled in 2014, from cask 307624-307628, bottled at 46%, one of 692 bottles. Dailuaine is a heavy, fruity Speyside single malt from near Aberlour. Its rich, robust malt has long been a backbone of the Johnnie Walker blends.

It was distilled for the heavy, full bodied spirit Dailuaine is known for, for the rich, full bodied make Dailuaine is known for. A sherry butt held it, the wood lending raisin, fig and walnut to the robust malt. At an extractive age eugenol lends a clove note and lactones a coconut, the spirit rich, malty and full. Most Dailuaine goes quietly into blends, a robust filler kept in part as single malt. The cool Speyside air gives a slow, even maturation, the heavy malt deepening. Dailuaine's heavy, malty make is prized by blenders for the body it gives. Years in oak round the spirit, the fruit deepening to dried fruit and a savoury spice.

Bottled at 46%, it is rounded. A heavy, malty fruitiness, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. A baked fruit and a warm spice lift it. It finishes robust, malty and warm. This is the robust, sherried malt of Carron.