Dalmore Tweed Dram Scotch

Once upon a time, The Dalmore released a collection of 4 whiskies for an evironmental cause: mantain the most important Scottish rivers. The four rivers are Spey of Course, Tweed, Tay and Dee. They have clean water and lots of tasty salmon fish. That is why this prestigious distillery used fishes for their metallic-looking labels. This first review is for the "Tweed Dram". Bottled at 40%abv; this was bottled on 2011. Tawny color. On the nose, it starts with the typical caramelized orange you used to find in Dalmore. Spices and peaches. After the first sip, the aroma changed into apples, pears and cinnamon. I get some cotton sugar notes and milk formula. On the palate it is very velvety and delicious. Oranges, vanilla and cotton sugar. So sweet. Aftertaste was surprisingly salty. Oranges and tons of citric profiles. It has become a spicy monster; it feels a lot stronger than 40%abv. Ginger. Note: i tend to nose the empty glasses and this one really blew my mind: it was dark chocolate with hazelnuts. Overall, this was a very enjoyable thick and oily dram, that had a super citric and spicy profile. It felt like a refined version of the standard (and very good) 12yo. I know Dalmore has a lot of resistance for their low abv bottlings, but i almost always find my way out of that prejudice and manage to score it properly. In this case, a very good whisky, that i can honestly say it deserves an 89 over a 100.