Dalwhinnie Winter's Gold

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12239
Dalwhinnie
Scotland, Highlands
Single Malt Whisky
26. Jun 2015
43%
0.7 l
Original bottling
other
Chill filtration - With Artifical colouring - With
Average tasting notes Tasting notes
Calculated from 68 Tasting Notes
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Nosing
Sweet:
Sweet:
Honey:
Honey:
Fruit:
Fruit:
Nuts:
Peat Smoke:
Peat Smoke:
Sherry:
Vanilla:
Sherry:
Vanilla:
Herbs:
Malt:
Oil:
Oil:
Malt:
Nuts:
Spices:
Herbs:
Heather:
Oak:
Apple:
Apple:
Heather:
Oak:
Spices:
Almonds:
Almonds:
Orange:
Peach:
Zitrus:
Orange:
Mint:
Pepper:
Zitrus:
Peach:
Mint:
Pepper:
Pear:
Cake:
Berries:
Cake:
Caramel:
Berries:
Pear:
Caramel:
Floral:
Green Apple:
Raisin:
Raisin:
Floral:
Green Apple:
Tasting
Sweet:
Sweet:
Fruit:
Honey:
Honey:
Fruit:
Herbs:
Spices:
Spices:
Sherry:
Oak:
Oak:
Sherry:
Mint:
Mint:
Nuts:
Malt:
Malt:
Peat Smoke:
Herbs:
Peat Smoke:
Vanilla:
Vanilla:
Caramel:
Pear:
Pear:
Caramel:
Zitrus:
Oil:
Nuts:
Cake:
Zitrus:
Cake:
Oil:
Orange:
Pepper:
Chocolate:
Heather:
Pepper:
Dried Fruit:
Pineapple:
Herb:
Orange:
Heather:
Chocolate:
Herb:
Dried Fruit:
Pineapple:
Almonds:
Cinnamon:
Chili:
Nutmeg:
Floral:
Peach:
Hazelnut:
Raisin:
Grass:
Floral:
Hazelnut:
Nutmeg:
Peach:
Almonds:
Chili:
Cinnamon:
Grass:
Apple:
Raisin:
Apple:
Finish
Sweet:
Sweet:
Herb:
Herb:
Malt:
Malt:
Dark Chocolate:
Dark Chocolate:
Nuts:
Chocolate:
Chocolate:
Spices:
Spices:
Sherry:
Oak:
Oak:
Honey:
Oil:
Honey:
Oil:
Fruit:
Raisin:
Date:
Raisin:
Date:
Pepper:
Herbs:
Pepper:
Fruit:
Nuts:
Sherry:
Zitrus:
Zitrus:
Herbs:
Peat Smoke:
Heather:
Orange:
Peat Smoke:
Orange:
Heather:
Coffee:
Almonds:
Peach:
Coffee:
Peach:
Almonds:
Mint:
Vanilla:
Mint:
Caramel:
Grass:
Chili:
Leather:
Chili:
Grass:
Vanilla:
Caramel:
Leather:

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07. Jun 2016
30. Apr 2016
horst_s_2
03. Nov 2015
Nosing:
Sweet Honey Fruit Mint
Taste:
Spices Sweet
Finish:
Medium
Comment:
Nosing:
Pure, soft and full of the sweetness of honey and fruity accents. With some menthol and smoke.
Taste:
Fruit cake, honey and molasses. Spicy and slightly smoky notes with mint.
Finish:
Soft, warm and malty. Raisins, dates, dark chocolate and sandalwood.
Comment:
25. Nov 2021
Schlaubi63
29. Nov 2021
18. Dec 2016
TheGreatMothra
16. Jan 2018
Nosing: Fruit Apple Sweet Caramel Vanilla
Sweet and fruity. Baked apples, toffee and vanilla. A pretty good nose overall, not overly intense, but It has character.

Taste: Fruit Sweet Spices
Initially very sweet. Fruit comes through and then falls back. There's a somewhat artificial sweetness that follows, a bit like aspartame, very odd. Spiciness comes forward at the end.

Finish: Spices Oak
Some spicy oak, relatively short.

Comment:
I picked this up on offer at the local supermarket. I was hoping for good things as I really enjoyed the 15 year old from Dalwhinnie. This one however feels more like a marketing excercise than a well thought out single malt. The nose is good, nothing to complain about there, but in the mouth it's cloyingly sweet, and then develops this weird artificial sweetener type bitter note, not a fan of that at all. The finish is pretty unremarkable. Short and fairly basic. I managed to pick this up at a significant discount from rrp, and I'm certainly glad I did. This isn't deserving of its original £40 price tag. Not one I'll be revisiting in the future probably.
Suzanne1967
02. Oct 2017
Nosing: Honey Sweet Vanilla Heather Fruit

Taste: Honey Sweet Floral Vanilla Sherry Spices

Finish: Honey Heather Spices Sweet Fruit Sherry

Comment: