Highland Laird Dalmore 2007 (11 year old) 64.4%
Bartles Rawlings International
Bourbon/ Dist: 2007 Btl: 2018/ Tasted: Jun 2018
Now, that is an intensely alcoholic nose, which isn’t a surprise with almost Column still-like dried fruit, straw, apricot, honey, vanilla, barley and hints of lime, ginger and honeysuckle.
The palate is denser and oilier with more noticeable vanilla and toffee’d oak. Hints of apricot, lemon, honeysuckle, lime and ginger. The finish is quite masked but does show a touch of raw, toasty oak.
Diluted the nose becomes quite floral – honeysuckle and orange blossom, even the honey seems perfumed! The oak displays a real tannic grip, almost akin to French oak, but some buttery vanilla softens. On the palate the emphasis still is on the grippy, toasty and creamy oak, although the fruit is still there and slightly fleshy in character. Long, vanilla’d and slightly citric. For an American oak aged expression of Dalmore the spirit is very clean and quite vibrant.
Whisky According to Chris Whiskyman 