Dalmore 1963 15 Year Old Cadenhead’s

Dalmore 1963 15 Year Old

• Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
• Cadenhead’s

75cl / 45.7%

A very appealing 1960s Dalmore released by indie bottler Cadenhead in November 1978 at 15 years of age.

This new NAS version was launched in Qatar Duty Free this month. It was partly matured in 30yo matusalem sherry casks – don’t we like it when the ages of the casks are advertised like that while the whiskies are NAS? It was also finessed (finished in mid-Dalmorian) in Port pipes. So valour, value or both? Colour: apricoty. Nose: starts a little sour and winey, buttery and slightly acetic. Never quite recovers after that despite the touches of blackcurrant and cherry stem tea as well as the ginger, nutmeg and cardamom. I’m missing Dalmore’s oranges and chocolate. Big time. Mouth: yeah well, it does the job but that was close. Dalmore 1963 15 Year Old Cadenhead’s

Some caramel, orange marmalade, various red berries (esp. redcurrant jam), a little toasted oak and then a growing bitterness, between grapiness and apple peel. Finish: shortish, on bitter chocolate and more cherry stems. Green. A little coffee in the aftertaste. Comments: I’m sure it’ll be successful, but there are many Dalmores that I enjoy much more, not obligatorily much older ones. Maybe not much more than a wishy-washy attention catcher and anyway, who still do 40% these days? I think that from a marketing POV, NAS+wine finish+40% is going too far (but who am I