Dalwhinnie 15 years North Highland Malt

Dalwhinnie 15 years North Highland Malt 43 % volume and 700 ml. capacity.

This is a very popular mild Single Malt Whisky, the Dalwhinnie 15 years, from the Classic Malt Collection. Most sold after the Lagavulin 16 years. So use this chance and buy a bottle Dalwhinnie 15 years or more for a great price.

Tasting Notiz for Dalwhinnie 15 years from Jasons Scotch Whisky Reviews:

Nose (undiluted)
Lemon, orange rind, and pomegranate.

Palate (undiluted)
Smooth entry of honey, some peat, cocoa, a little milk chocolate and malty flavors that shine through at the mid-palate. My initial impression is that this is a sweet whisky. Makes for a great after dinner drink. Maybe with a dessert.

Whenever I encounter the flavor profile of Dalwhinnie, the best word to describe a unique aspect of the flavor profile at mid-palate is the word 'heather.' I hate to use a term that I cannot define well. Who eats heather? What does it taste like? Heather is a common, low-lying shrub that goes by the latin name of "Calluna vulgaris." Wikipedia states that it has a characteristic strong taste. Bee hives located near bogs or moorland containing heather tend to produce a much stronger variety of honey. So, when I use the term 'heather' think of it as that taste you experience of the other flavors on steroids so to speak. "Heather honey" is stronger than ordinary honey.

In any event, the heather works beautifully with the honey, cinammon, cocoa, coffee and other flavors (ie. oak) in this Highland malt.

Finish (undiluted)
Soft smoke makes an introduction with a tinge of peat. The 'heather honey' lingers giving a little pleasant kick to the flavor ensemble. In the midst of this punched up honey is some Kosher pretzel. The kosher salt flavors are close to and almost transition into fresh ground black pepper that lingers after the dram is swallowed. Hmmm . . . good!

General Impressions
Tasted neat, it's a single malt scotch that starts out silky but quickly develops very rich honey glavors. Nothing bitter or too robust that will put off the novice drinkers.

Dalwhinnie also delivers 'some' complexity of flavor that will set it apart from others. I say 'some' because it is not overly so. While you can detect some complexity when tasted neat, try it with a 1/4 teaspoon of water. The water gives more complexity that is otherwise hidden. For this reason, it is a 'good' single malt but not one of the 'greats.'

Nevertheless, I recommend this as a great gift to all those who want an inoffensive, yet interesting Highland single malt.