A Flora and Fauna official release from the Dailuaine distillery, a 16 year old single malt which has been sherry matured for thick fruitcake notes with winter spice, a great digestive.
Cereals, barley sugars, sherry. Fruitcake, oily, nutty.
Medium body, clean. Malt, estery fruit. Sherry. Nutty.
Nutty, almonds, oily, smoke, oak.
Tried this in a hotel in Speyside, rather nice and full flavoured and nutty.Quite Aberlouresque in its flavours, but very good in its own right. Highly advise to try this 16 year old!
This is the third of the Flora & Fauna series I have tried, and the best so far. On the nose was orange peel and butterscotch. On the palate right off was caramely richness, and a bit of cereal. Long finish with nuts, a mild smokiness, and oak. Opens up to a little fruit brandy taste after adding a few drops of water. Very enjoyable.
I tasted this while in Scotland and I'm happy to see it's available in the States on this site. This is one of the most balanced scotches I've tasted and one of the best value 16 year old single malts I've had. It's malt forward, a little nutty, with slight honey sweetness, and light smoke/very mild peat. I've poured it for many who claim to dislike scotch and they loved it.
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Mums (yum yum) - as my fellow Swede has already said. If you like the idea of malted, sherried, lightly spiced Christmas cake, then this is for you – especially of an autumn or winter evening. However, pleasant as it is, I have to say I found the malt a tad overpowering, and the overall combination of malt, Christmas cake and sherry just a bit too soft and sweet. I’m not a fan of smoky, peaty, Western Isle’s whisky, but this Dailuaine was (for my taste buds) just a little bit too far in the opposite direction. Still much too nice to give it away, though ?
