Dalwhinnie 15 Year Old bottled 1980s

Dalwhinnie 15 years old, a whisky from the highest distillery in Scotland does the box states. I’ve had this bottle for some time now and enjoyed every single dram coming out of it. Now the bottom is coming in sight and I enjoyed it I consider it a good moment to write a review to share my notes on this one with you. This is actually my first review.

Opening the bottle already makes my mouth watery with the first sweetness reaching my nose. In the glencairn the whisky looks fairly amber tinted, as with many, some caramel is added according to the bottle so that’s a mall downside.

Nosing the whisky gives me initially sweet notes; honeyed fruits and some vanilla. It is a sweet one this whisky, but as some time passes by a little spicy peppery note comes through as well. There are minor hints of smoke somewhere far in the back, which tends to stay there during the whole time.

The arrival of the whisky is smooth, very smooth and quite balanced. Fruity, citrus and honey tend to blend together during a quite sweet arrival which develops with some woody and light smoke tones in the background. Adding a little water takes some of the initial sweetness of the whisky away and brings out a bit the peppery note.

Towards the end the smoothness continues with its sweetness, almost sticking in the mouth as toffee with honey tones. Nice when you like some sweeter whisky with only minor complexities, which tends to relate to all the sweetness going on.

When the volume in the bottle goes down it settles down a bit more away from the sweetness it contains during the initial drams. I enjoyed this one because it’s so easily approachable. When I get the chance I certainly intent to get a new bottle somewhere in the future!

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