Dailuaine 1979 25 Year Old Sherry Signatory

Dailuaine 16 Year Old

Pronounced Dale-you-an this distillery was founded in1852 and is Gaelic for “Green Valley”. The bulk of the single malt produced is used in Johnnie Walker blends and other than this 16 yr old official bottling there are only a handful of indie bottlings. The colour is bronze. The nose is malty, sherried fruits, raisins, toffee, Palate is thick...

Score 88/100

Dailuaine 16 Year Old

Dailuaine is a Speyside distillery, and a large one at that. The first distillery to ever bear the now ubiquitous pagoda roof, it is capable of pumping out over three million litres yearly, but only a scant amount ever gets sold as single malt, and much of that is bottled independently. The sherry-matured 16 year-old ‘Flora & Fauna’ expression...

Score 88/100

Dailuaine 1998/2015 AD. Rattray

My last review for the year 2015, so why not a whisky that was bottled this year? My first entry for Dailuaine comes from the independent bottler AD. Rattray. --- Description: a 16yo bourbon matured whisky from 1998, finished in sherry hogshead #1525, bottled at 55.2% ABV by AD. Rattray in 2015. Nose: sweet, soft and honeyed at first glance: apple...

Score 85/100

Dailuaine 16 Year Old

Dailuaine 16 year old Flora and Fauna was also part of our Speyside blind tasting. Maybe we should've started the tasting with this one because Dailuaine 16 yrs turned out to be probably the most delicate whisky I've ever tasted. Very difficult to follow, yet smooth and nice. Full of cherry and floral summer feel. That's why Flora and Fauna is...

Score 80/100