The Dalmore 15 year old was first launched in 2007. Matured in Matusalem, Apostoles and Amoroso Sherry casks, it proffers all those winter spice, orange zest and chocolate notes characteristic of Dalmore.
*UK (excluding Channel Islands) and retail only. Offer from 10 11 2025, while stock lasts.
A chocolate orange. Potpourri, perfumed. Fruitcake, Sherry.
Medium, lovely delivery. Zesty orange, Curaçao, chocolate. Winter spice, stem ginger in syrup. Hints of anise and a little hickory.
Malty barley and smoky espresso.
Was: £192.90Now: £191.90
The nose is pretty good chocolate orange with a subtle note of fruitcake. Palate is Medium with a nice finish. For the price I think it's reasonable.
Read a lot of positive reviews for this one. However I'm a bit dissapointed. On the nose I got a slight whiff of chocolate then alcohol that's it. The taste was very smooth but not very complex. No burn very easy to drink neat. I would say it's good for someone who's never had whisky before but for the price it's not complex enough.
Very disappointed with this one. Fantastic packaging but you can't drink that! Beautifully presented colour wise. That's all the good bits out of the way. Totally lacking anything like a complex nose, just a whiff of caramel. Taste barely exists. Slight caramel taste then alcohol burn. There is absolutely nothing to like about this. Just feel sorry for the spirit being locked away in a barrel for 15 years.
My wife and I tried this one. She is not a big Scotch drinker, but instantly picked up on the sweetness of it. Had a very nice finish too, with to me a citrusy taste. We both liked this one.
We do a fair bit of tasting, but are from being any sort of experts, we just knew what we like. This is one that we sampled at Christmas 2015 amongst others and it turned out to be our favourite of the night. We just sampled another 7 tonight and the Dalmore once again came out on top of the lot we tried, the others varying from £40-80 a bottle. Shame to read that there have been bad batches, but I'd give it a chance and will be buying a bottle soon, it'll sit very nicely in the collection and have a place of its own.
