Dalwhinnie 15 Year Old bottled 1980s

"a little strange" possibly= "baby puke" from some other Connosr comments. There are lovers and haters of Dalwhinnie 15. I am a lover.

What do you gents make of the notion that this is a whisky for non-whisky drinkers? That it is the best introduction to scotch out there?

@McGrain, as a card-carrying "big flavours" kind of guy, I do understand that some would consider a subtle mild-mannered sort of whisky like Dalwhinnie 15 to be somewhat "un-whisky-like". That said, there are quite a few whisky-lovers who are able to enjoy a subtle delicate dram, just as they are able to revel in the unalloyed ecstatic bliss of a knock-me-down sort of intense beautiful whisky. I really think that there are all sorts of whisky lovers, some who like the subtle and beautiful, some who like the robust and even "extreme", some who like both. As to choice of this one or others for an introduction to whisky for non-whisky drinkers, it would depend entirely on the individual. I did a tasting a couple of months ago with two young-ish men inexperienced with whiskies, who, after about 20 different whisky samples, much preferred Ardbeg Uigeadail to all others. They may have been in the minority for a first tasting preference, but they were likely in the subset that I could identify right away as 'future whisky lovers'.