Description

Dalmore 45 Year Old 2019 Release

The 2019 release of The Dalmore 45 Year Old single malt has been matured in American white oak bourbon casks, before being finished in a pair of Vintage Graham’s colheita port pipes for five years. Smooth and complex, this whisky has rich aromas of treacle cake, blood oranges, freshly-brewed coffee and molasses. The palate offers notes of red berries, liquorice root, hazelnut chocolate and blossom honey.

Dalmore 45 Year Old came from six casks, Dalmore has used ten of them. Success success! Colour: deep gold. Nose: very Balvenie this time! Only wee touches of varnish at very first nosing, then a very wide range of fresh and candied fruits including the expected apricots and yellow plums, then more honeydew and yellow flowers, and lastly many beautiful fragrances from the sherry casks, such as raisins, figs, prunes and old Sauternes. Dalmore 45 Year Old 2019 Release

Furthe, Oh, and a little mint once again, and maybe a little ham. The whole is really, really beautiful and very complex provided you give it a little time. Mouth: it’s a very jammy Balvenie at first sips, with more or less the same notes as in the nose (plums, honey, sweet sherry), but it showcases more and more mentholated notes that make the whole fresh and lively. There’s also quite some spices from the oak but it’s all under control despite a wee sourness after twenty seconds. Cinnamon. Finish: long, beautifully balanced. Apricot jam with coriander and nutmeg. Comments: maybe one cask or more were a tad too oaky, hence the… oaky tones (clever, S.!) but the composition works perfectly well. In any case, I fell it’s rather better than batch