Savor some of the last drops of an elegant and lively 1989 Highland classic with Dalwhinnie 30 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky. Patiently matured for three decades in refill American oak hogsheads, this ultrarare vintage Dalwhinnie has an astonishingly bright intensity for its age. The mellow aroma offers moorland scents and dried herbal notes alongside traces of butterscotch, hard fruit candy and spicy wood. Bottled at natural cask strength, this vibrant special release is creamy-smooth and sweet with a peppery, spicy warmth that gradually builds as it carries into a long finish. This elegant whisky is best served in a traditional whisky glass with a drop of water. Made in the highest and coldest working distillery in Scotland, with water from a loch at 2,000 feet, Dalwhinnie whisky thrives on extreme conditions – creating a liquid as sweet and accessible as its highland home is remote. Please drink responsibly.
Its name derives from the Gaelic for a ‘meeting place’ of sheep and cattle drovers. So remote is it, that in 1994 it was officially recorded as the coldest inhabited place in Scotland for that year. No other distillery may use the water from Lochan an Doire Uaine, (Gaelic for Loch of the green thicket) which lies at 2,000 feet in the Drumochter Hills; neither may they enjoy Dalwhinnie's™ unique combination of a clean, accessible, malty-sweet taste leading in to a smooth and smoky Highland warmth. Dalwhinnie distillery is situated between the gentle, grassy style of the Lowlands and the austere, firm body of Speyside which begins some 25 miles to the north. The style is that of the Highlands; a resilient marriage of gentleness and spirit.
Pale Amber NOSE Fresh sherry embracesthe maltier, more honeyed aspects of Dalwhinnie. Peaty and surprisingly, still heathery. Spicy yet grapy. BODY Light to Medium PALATE A big, spicy buzz followed by an impressive build up of very clear, well defined malt. After a quick burst of sweetness, a rich, grape effect moves in towards the middle. FINISH Lots of oak. Very, very dry with vanilla dominating.