Dalwhinnie Winter's Gold is a 2015 addition to the Highland distillery's range inspired by the chilly climate up in the remote part of Scotland where their single malt Scotch whisky is distilled - as the label remarks, it was "Crafted by the Cold". It's made only with spirit that has been distilled between October and March, and interestingly enough, they suggest that you try serving this expression frozen!
Oak spice, pear skins, golden syrup and gristy malt. A touch of peach polish and chewy, sticky toffee. From the freezer it's fruitier, more green apple, apple sauce, toffee apple, sultana, even redcurrant.
Very honeyed with warming peppery spices, Big Red cinnamon. From the freezer the honey is kept in check much more, as are the spices. Plenty of apple flesh and orange peel.
Allspice, nutmeg and smoky malt. From the freezer the finish is more about the spicy cinnamon and peppercorn heat that's found on the palate at room temperature.
An assertive, spicy, honeyed Dalwhinnie with enough sweetness and character to be served straight from the freezer (as intended).
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More like a sipping rum than a whiskey, quite strong acrid on the nose like paint thinner with butterscotch. Palate is chilly flakes black peppercorn & burn. Honeyed finish with smoke fire & more black peppercorns. Adding water dilutes the burn & lets the honey shin through a bit more but makes everything else disrepair. Wont buy again. Hmmm? I wonder if its a rule of thumb to stay away form not age stated single malts? Hope the 15 yr is better than this when I try it, the reviews state it is.
A gift from our daughter. A bit sweeter than our usual choice of Malt but nevertheless a beautiful dram out of the freezer. May try freezing other malts now.
Only paid £25 for it so was not expecting the earth. Does not stand up to it's big brother the 15 year old but is pleasant enough. Did not get the sweetness apparent in some of the earlier reviews though, quite sharp in fact!!
Maybe their advice to serve it chilled, might remove some of the highly sweet taste. If you have a sweet tooth and love honey then this could be for you. There is very little complexity here and a most disappointing finish. It's only worth £25, which is what I paid at Costco. Nothing bad about it, but nowhere near as good as the classic 15 year old.
Having been a real fan of the 15 y.o Dalwhinnie for many years, I initially resisted this bottling simply on the basis it appears to have been put through the marketing spin cycle. This is presumably to attract more sales to 'millenials' who may be drawn in to the idea of shoving a bottle into the freezer along with their trendy, branded vodka. However, having picked up a bottle at a more reasonable, discounted price of £24 I am very pleasantly surprised at how well balanced this is whisky is. The blend of (what I assume to be) more youthful casks to the more aged casks adds a fresher dimension and a real injection of pressed apples to the taste and a sweet Calvados.
