Dalmore Cigar Malt Reserve

I have done several tastings with Dalmore and have never found a bad one yet i always come back to the cigar malt and ALWAYS pair with any Fuente Maduro! The richness of the smoke and the vanilla and citrus of the cocktail never disappoints. Depth and body never fall short and while i do not get baking chocolate i do get the cab and the cinnimon…love it!

85 points. Hay present throughout and lots of alcohol profile. Generally ok.

A rich, Single Malt Scotch Whisky from the Highlands of Scotland; '70% of the casks used to age this Whisky more than twelve years are Matusalem Gonzalez Byass Sherry casks, then it’s finished in premier cru Cabernet Sauvignon wine barriques. It has a clean & moreish birth with notes of caramel, biscuits, coffee, Walker’s shortbread biscuits dipped in dark chocolate & toffee; while rich & elegant life adds notes of burnt cinder-toffee, flamed orange-zest, sultanas & sherry; that leads to a fluid death of medium length with notes of lemon, orange zest, clove & a hint of cinnamon. November 2018 / January / March 2019 / June 2020 / August 2022