Cape Heritage, Sweets, Fortifieds and Spirits
Timed Online Auction, 7 - 14 August 2023
Cape Heritage
About this Item
Dalwhinnie is a whisky distillery located within the Cairngorm National Park in the Highlands region of Scotland. Its single malt is known for its honeyed character, and has at various times been classified as either a Highland or a Speyside whisky.
The distillery, then known as Strathspey, was built in 1898 on a site chosen for its access to clear spring water, peat from surrounding bogs and a railway line. It vies with Braeval for the title of highest distillery in Scotland – at 335 meters above sea level. Dalwhinnie continues to be one of Diageo's flagship Scotch whisky properties, with vintage expressions appearing as part of the Distillers Edition series.
2019 Special Release - this ultra-rare single vintage Dalwhinnie has an astonishing bright intensity for its age and comes uniquely from refill American oak hogsheads, all of which were casked in 1989. Three decades of maturity have bought a fine elegance to the vibrant distillery character, allowing its moorland aromas to peak. The result is smoothly sweet, yet also surprisingly peppery.
From the highest distillery in Scotland, part of her coldest inhabited community, Dalwhinnie is a mountain malt. It is as well adapted to its location and as lively in taste as the nearby mountain hares that box for supremacy in spring.
Released as part of the Diageo Special Releases 2020, this spirit was filled into refill American hogshead casks in 1989, before being bottled up at 51.9% in 2020. A very limited high-aged release of only 6,978 bottles available worldwide.
Critics Ratings
‘Pipe tobacco, white pepper, and a mildly herbal note on the nose, with emerging vanilla, green berries, and ginger. Full-bodied in the mouth, supple and creamy, with orchard fruits and more white pepper. Drying in the very long finish, with chile, light tannins, and dark chocolate.’ – Gavin Smith, Whisky Advocate, 91/100
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