DrRHCMadden
Dalmore Cigar Malt Reserve
Single Malt — Highlands, Scotland
Reviewed
October 7, 2022 (edited October 10, 2022)
N: Yep, I want to climb into this glass and swim in it. There’s thick sticky caramel, biscuits, coffee, burnt brown sugar, and some fresh citrus zest. A jammy sherry cask influence indeed.
P: A completely palate coating stickiness yet it remains light, a cool juxtaposition of texture and weight. Caramel and slightly woody toffee. Citrus zest and more sherry cask influence. There’s a leatheryness in here too that is very enjoyable and adds savoury balance.
F: Medium-long. A spicy and zesty after taste explosion. Gentle cinnamon, cloves and citrus peel linger in stickiness.
This is excellently made, balanced and delicious. I would, if given it, drink a pint of this without thought. My only complaint is that this is perhaps simple. You do not need to work to enjoy this or find what it has to offer, is that a bad thing? No, absolutely not. But I expected, and want, more depth and subtlety, a liquid of this magnitude, opulence, and price should deliver that.
Distiller whisky taste #83
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@DrRHCMadden You will be singularly fortunate if you can still find the original release. It was called "Cigar Malt" but was a limited issue and withdrawn about 15 years ago. The current "Cigar Malt Reserve" was introduced around 2010, again as a limited issue, but it became core range about 5 years ago. I can barely remember the original now but from memory it *was* better, but the current one is 95% of the way there. You'd only find the original one on secondaries and the price would be ridiculous, and absolutely not worth it.
@PBMichiganWolverine I’ll keep an eye out. Everything I have just spammed onto here tonight was the result of walking to my local (1 km away) booze warehouse, and asking to try as much as I could that I hadn’t had before. I got to eight and thought I should cut myself off. I then bought a Ledaig 10. Will put on a hag and sunglasses and go again in a week or so and see what else I can score. Maybe an old cigar reserve….
You should see if you can get the original Dalmore Cigar Reserve—-that was much better