Dailuaine 16 Years
This Malt matured in selected, dry Sherry casks. Even though the aroma is dry, the taste is mild and smooth and the finish is long-lasting. Those who think of Sherry as too sweet can be surprised by this different one. Within the Flora & Fauna series, the producer is bottling selected casks from few distilleries. The Flora & Fauna series is a real enrichment for the Whisky community and is viewed by collectors as original bottling, as long as there is no other.
This Malt matured in selected, dry Sherry casks. Even though the aroma is dry, the taste is mild and smooth and the finish is long-lasting. Those who think of Sherry as too sweet can be surprised by this different one. Within the Flora & Fauna series, the producer is bottling selected casks from few distilleries. The Flora & Fauna series is a real enrichment for the Whisky community and is viewed by collectors as original bottling, as long as there is no other.
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Nosing
Sherry:
Fruit:
Sweet:
Oak:
Berries:
Vanilla:
Spices:
Chocolate:
Nuts:
Cake:
Dried Fruit:
Honey:
Malt:
Peat Smoke:
Raisin:
Cherry:
Fig:
Grape:
Zitrus:
Alcohol:
Apple:
Banana:
Barley:
Caramel:
Cinnamon:
Coconut:
Coffee:
Date:
Floral:
Ginger:
Oil:
Pear:
Pineapple:
Plum:
Herbs:
Herb:
Tasting
Oak:
Sherry:
Spices:
Sweet:
Fruit:
Nuts:
Herb:
Malt:
Dried Fruit:
Dark Chocolate:
Honey:
Coffee:
Zitrus:
Caramel:
Chili:
Chocolate:
Herbs:
Berries:
Date:
Heather:
Orange:
Pear:
Peat Smoke:
Plum:
Raisin:
Vanilla:
Alcohol:
Apple:
Banana:
Barley:
Blackberry:
Cake:
Cinnamon:
Grape:
Grass:
Hazelnut:
Lime:
Mint:
Pepper:
Seaweed:
Maritime Notes:
Finish
Sweet:
Fruit:
Spices:
Herb:
Oak:
Malt:
Sherry:
Berries:
Dark Chocolate:
Honey:
Caramel:
Chili:
Chocolate:
Nuts:
Peat Smoke:
Plum:
Tobacco:
Walnut:
Barley:
Cherry:
Coffee:
Dried Fruit:
Floral:
Pear:
Pepper:
Herbs:
Zitrus:
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Quality rating of this bottle
81
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Quality comparison of bottles
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All tasting notes
RATING: 4.0/5.0 ≙ 88 pts
Sweet and approachable. Dried apricot and candied ginger. Cinnamon spiciness. Very fruitcakey.
Taste:
Sweet arrival, fruity with sweet spices and sweet wood notes. Transitions to slightly tart, but not bitter towards the tail end.
Finish:
Long and sweet, sweet spices, transitions to walnut.
Comment:
I got a sampler of this on a whim, and its something I might come back to in a full bottle to spend more time on. The whole experience is quite sweet, so if that isn't your thing then this isn't for you. There's enough spiciness to balance things out though, and the transitions are very nicely defined and interesting. The palate really changes as you hold it in your mouth and becomes almost sour. Some people have said they find smoke in this release, but there wasn't a hint of it in what I tasted. Very enjoyable.
