Dalmore Cigar Malt Reserve

Nose golden raisins, caramel, dessert and creme brulee, whiff of smoke at the end Palette sugar, raisins, plums, oranges, some weird end note of leather and garlic

Very nice and really enjoyed how the wine barrels tied it all together.

The nose starts off with heavy fruit. Ripe banana bowls you over almost immediately, but in a way that you remember the smell of your mom’s home cooked banana bread. Adding in wafting vanilla and a slight milk chocolate close. On the tongue, the fruit is consistent with the nose and silkily slips into its namesake tasting like the leaf of a cigar that you’ve held in your mouth too long before you light it. An anticipated oloroso finish that closes with a touch of ash that doesn’t show up until you’ve let the whole sip dissipate.