Dalmore The Trio

Nose: Vanilla, caramel, oak, orange, plums Palate: Orange, plums, cinnamon Finish: Oak, vanilla, caramel, spices Decent whiskey. Little thin being 40%, but good.

What happened here? The Dalmore The Trio is one of three retail expressions, the other two are called The Quartet and The Quintet, and as you can guess, it points how many different cask finishes this single malts have had. The Quintet was out of this world fantastic, and the Quartet was amazing as well, but this Trio one... was not very good. I tasted on a friend's house and i couldn't believe how bad it was (i actually said to myself: "maybe i am not properly focused to rate this whisky"), so, i came back home and i opened my own bottle and... it was even worse than i thought. Bottled at 40%abv, this one has been matured in ex bourbon, tawny port casks and Matusalem Sherry. Deep copper color. On the nose, Coffee and sawdust when uncorking. A little humidity and old library aroma notes. Mostly old very dehydrated fruits, Dehydrated oranges. Red fruits, strawberries. Very winey. Caramel, Granadine and some Citric notes. Figs. After a first sip, it released ginger and a very thick vanilla fondant. Dusty. Powdery. Acid prunes that has gone bad. It felt nice, but dim, not amazing. On the palate, it is very thin. A little watery. It is like a red fruit water. Sawdust. A second sip felt like a vanilla water. Acid Prunes. Boring. Aftertaste gave me sawdust, woody. Ginger; short finish. Everything is so overly oaked that all other notes are muted. Dissapointing. Overall, this is a very thin, weak, simple, overly woody Dalmore. None of the amazing notes from almost every other expression are present here. Totally dissapointing, i am happy that i had the two more expensive expressions first, because if i had tasted this one before, i might not have bought the Quartet and the Quintet. Not good, my score for it is 70 over 100.