Dailuaine 9 Year Old Amontillado Cask Finish (Darkness) Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 500ML

A delight from Dailuaine, brought to us by indie bottler Darkness! This Speyside single malt spent nine years maturing, finishing with a stay in a host of teeny amontillado sherry octaves. Smaller casks allow greater interaction between whisky and wood, and you'll find lip-smacking layers of yeasty malt, candied nuts, and dark chocolate here.

Dailuaine 9 Year Old Amontillado Cask Finish (Darkness) Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 500ML Tasting Notes

Nose: Dynamic and spicy, with hints of dark soy and hazelnuts.

Palate: Salted caramel, fresh yeast, dark chocolate and plums.

Finish: Nutty, sweet and spicy. Umami effect demands another sip.

Distillery Information

In 1852, William Mackenzie founded Dailuaine Distillery. Dailuaine derives from the Scottish Gaelic ‘An dail uaine’ meaning ‘green valley’, named most probably for those elegant undulations of the Spey valley in which the Dailuaine whisky distillery lies.William had also been a farmer who worked in the Carron area. Following his death in 1865, William Mackenzie’s wife leased the distillery to a banker from Aberlour called James Fleming, who, with William’s son, formed Mackenzie and Company in 1879. Five years later an extensive rebuild commenced, leaving the distillery as one of Scotland’s largest. Another five years on and Charles Doig built Scotland’s first pagoda roof, which graced the distillery until it collapsed in 1917 after a menacing conflagration desecrated the buildings. In 1898, Dailuaine-Talisker Distilleries Ltd was formed, the group included an Aberdeen based grain distillery, fellow Speysider Imperial, Dailuaine distillery and the Skye-based Talisker. In 1925, Distillers Company Limited acquired the company, latterly amalgamating with Diageo. Dailuaine also operates a dark grains plant, whose principal job being to convert draff into feed for cattle. The plant currently processes around 900 tonnes weekly. The bulk of single malt produced at the distillery is used for blending in Johnnie Walker. The spirit is filled at Cambus and then transported to Blackrange for maturation in the Diageo-owned warehouses. Single malt bottlings from Dailuaine are few and far between; there have been few independent bottlings and but a handful of official releases.

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