Daftmill is one of the newer distilleries in Scotland. The thing about these guys that’s pretty surprising, though, is that they had enough capital funding so they didn’t have to release underaged or very young whisky to keep afloat. They were able to wait almost 12 years to release an official single malt whisky. This is the Winter 2006 distillate that was just bottled in 2018 and released in very limited amounts. This sample was graciously sent to me by my friend, @Generously_Paul, as we attempt to keep our Scottish Distillery Tour up to date. This malt is pale yellow and lightly oily in the Glencairn. There’s not much leg formation and only tiny, slow forming droplets thanks to the slightly higher ABV of 46%. I believe it is non-chill filtered and I doubt there’s added color. The nose is apples and fresh popcorn, raw, shelled peanuts and lime wedges. There’s a nice “minerality” to it as well. Some floral and perfume notes crept in along with a nice, soft hint of vanilla. Allowing this one to sit rewards you quite well. The palate is big time citrus to me. There’s an overwhelming Clynelish-like waxyness and very nice tropical fruit and pineapple slices. It comes across as lightly salted with an abundance of lime notes. This thing has lime flavor for days. The citrusy bite keeps the wax factor from becoming too sticky and I really liked that aspect. The finish reminded me of a very well made margarita. Fresh limes and salt linger on and on and there’s some nice agave fruit flavor that hangs around and coats everything. Some fresh oak ushers everything out the door at the very end and makes this a very good dram- whisky or otherwise. Overall, this is a fantastic spirit. Kudos to Daftmill for not rushing swill out the door early on. Waiting for a quality product speaks volumes to me and I’ll be on the lookout for anything and everything from these guys moving forward. If you can find a bottle of this for a decent price I highly recommend giving it a go- you won’t be disappointed. 4-4.25 stars. Cheers.