Dalwhinnie Distillers Edition 2023
Dalwhinnie · Dalwhinnie Distillery
Dalwhinnie's Distillers Edition takes one of the Highlands' most gentle distillates and threads it through Oloroso sherry seasoning. The result is a whisky that feels like autumn sunlight — warm, unhurried, and quietly complex.
Kit Aromas
Nose
Fresh heather honey and ripe peach lead, supported by a gentle malt sweetness. Oloroso sherry cask finishing contributes dried fruit and a faint whisper of clove spice.
Palate
Creamy and soft-textured with a gentle sweetness. Honeyed malt and butterscotch coat the palate while dried apricot and subtle cocoa notes from the sherry cask finish add complexity.
Finish
Medium, clean, and warming with lingering honey and a delicate earthy quality that anchors the sweetness.
- Region
- Highlands
- Cask Type
- Ex-bourbon and Oloroso sherry finish
- Peat Level (PPM)
- Unpeated
- Distillation
- Double distilled in copper pot stills
- Maturation
- Ex-bourbon casks, finished in Oloroso sherry casks
- Chill-Filtered
- Yes
Cocktail Suggestion
Highland Orchard — 2 oz Dalwhinnie Distillers Edition · 0.75 oz pear liqueur · 0.5 oz lemon juice · 0.25 oz honey syrup · Shake with ice, strain into a chilled coupe, garnish with a thin pear slice.
Food Pairing
The whisky's honey and dried fruit character bridges the sweetness of the pears and the salty pungency of the blue cheese, while walnut mirrors the subtle nuttiness from the sherry cask.
Sitting at 326 meters in the Central Highlands, Dalwhinnie is one of Scotland's highest distilleries, drawing its water from the Allt an t-Sluic burn and producing a famously gentle spirit shaped by long, slow distillation.
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