Country: Scotland
Brand:
Chieftain’s Dalmore Medoc Finish
Bottled
by: Ian Macleod & Comp. Ltd., Edinburgh
Type:
Single Malt Whisky
Region:
Highland
Age:
10 Years
Alcohol:
43%
Colour:
Red Gold
Nose:
Oh dear! Some call it Baby Vomit, I
call it Morning Sickness because babies are so cute! But it hits you right in
the Nose and it’s not pleasant. Other than that it’s Sour with some Wood and a faint
hint of Bitter Orange Marmalade.
Taste:
Delivery is watery, a bit hot and sweet (as in Sugar). Rubber Tires, Bitter
Salted Almonds, Oak.
Finish:
Hot, Alcohol, Salt.
I
added a few drops of water that help control the sickness a bit. With some
imagination you can detect a faint fruitiness that returns on the palate. It is
too faint to be pleasant but a little water makes this almost drinkable. Almost
but not quite!
The famous Dalmore
stag
Rating:
67
Nose: 17 - Taste: 17 – Finish: 16 – Overall: 17
General
Remarks: Ian MacLeod is a so-called Independent Bottler. These companies play
an important part in today’ s whisky industry. They buy casks of (young) spirit
from Distilleries, mature them, finish them and bottle them, all at their own
discretion and then sell the final product under their own label. This is all
very attractive for whisky drinkers who look beyond the standard Distillery
offerings. They are often bottled at cask strength and non-chill-filtered. Many
times, but not always, Independent Bottlers offer products that are greatly
appreciated.
Drinking
Experience Neat: Unpleasant
Conclusion:
This is easily the worst Single Malt I’ve tasted so far. If this were your
first whisky it would scare you off forever. It should not have been bottled,
let alone sold. Thanks God I only bought a miniature. Apparently this whisky
was distilled in 1994 and bottled in 2005. There shouldn’t be too much of it
around but my advice is to stay away from it.
Jan
van den Ende May 26, 2012
The Dalmore Distillery
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