Dalwhinnie The Distillers Edition

This was my first Dalwhinnie D.E. so I don’t have any notes comparing it to pervious editions.

The Sherry is light, dried fruits, dates, raisins, apricots, fresh leather. Woody reflections that structure the whole. Elastic, buttery rubber. It is a little spicy, with cinnamon, cloves, ginger. Grapefruit. A hint of smoke. In the mouth, it is still watery, more cereal and austere. Earth and pepper, tall grass. Tubers with a touch of vanilla. Quite good finish, long, liquorice and dark chocolate, roots, bark and forest fragrances. Fresh figs, cola, heather. The sherry finish scores points and makes the whisky more enjoyable. https://ilikesky2020.blogspot.com/2024/11/dalwhinnie-distillers-edition-2023.html

Easy drinkable, just a bit louder leather notes in the finish

Something hasn’t worked out for me for a long time with Dalwhinnie, but this release is very successful and contains high-quality, well-cut alcohols! I like this style of whisky, but there's almost no sherry flavor here, it's more of a bourbon cask profile. 22 21.5 21 21.5

orchard fruits, stone fruits, pepper, sweet spices, vanilla, cereals, alcohol doesnt seem well integrated, ok

Fruity and biscuity, malty, only a touch of sherry, dried fruits and spices. Touch of peat. Honey, barley sugar, apple pie. Not a challenging or complex whisky. A step up in my view from the 15. A nice, easy, sherry sipper.

Dalwhinnie The Distillers Edition 2022 Ed, SMSW, 43%. 30ml sample at home June 2024. A straight-forward yellow colour. No obvious signs of additive. Aroma is musty refill oak, apple juice drink or dried apple, hints of pineapple. Body is watery-plus but I wouldn’t say oily. Taste is salty and charred, light bitter oak notes, chilli-like note into the finish. A basic whisky and, I think, the least good release of Dalwhinnie’s Distillers Edition that I’ve tried. It’s okay though – only slightly below average for a Scotch whisky I’d say. 3.35/80

Underrated I've tasted eight expressions of Dalwhinnie's Distiller's Edition so far, but this is certainly the most recent, bottled in 2022. I scored a sample when I visited the distillery in May 2025. On the nose, the influence of the oloroso sherry cask – because that is the cask that was used for the second maturation – is immediately noticeable. Think sweet, fruity, almost tropical notes such as mango and pineapple, apricot and mango, but certainly supplemented with a good dose of flower honey. Add a handful of almonds and the picture is complete. Oily on the tongue. Good body. Immediately very zesty on yellow fruit and wood spices. Think nutmeg and a pinch of clove. Also on the tongue the honey is present and not a small bit. Something of Cointreau from the second sip, which I find quite pleasant. The finish is medium long, spicy and slightly drying. A nice, if somewhat underrated, after dinner dram if you ask me.

All right, but very straight forward.

I agree very much with the description of Thatch. Tasted and confirmed again in the distillery in 2025. 61-70 – Okay, but not more than 1 dram

Blind tasting of two Dalwhinnie Distillers Editions: DE 1988/2003 vs. DE 2022 No. 1 (Resolution: DE 2022) Sweet. malty. Clearly sherry perceptible, although it doesn't jump in your face now. Fir honey comes through. Some menthol. Herbs. Ricola candy. heather. A touch of pepper. Not yet fully ripe, slightly sour pineapple. Seems much creamier and smoother in direct comparison. Sweet start. restrained fruit. The whole thing goes in the direction of honey sweetness. Then sour oak. Earl Gray tea. Very pronounced. Again the slightly sour pineapple. Everything harmonizes very well. The herbal note remains, but is much less pronounced on the tongue than on the nose. In the finish, the herbal note becomes a little stronger again. Light fruit appears. pear, clearly pear. Yellow, ripe, juicy. Malty, subtly sweet, it stays in your head for a while. Very nicely balanced whisky. A little bit of everything without being really complex. Much fruitier than its older version. Is it good to drink? But honestly I wouldn't buy it. I miss the corners and edges.

Like the Talisker D.E. 2022, this one, too, seems to be getting younger, but not necessarily that much worse.

It's an option, but not a must-try. Sweet and spicy, solid, but nothing outstanding.

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Balanced delight that doesn’t challenge. Vintage: 2006. Bottled: 2021. Matured in refill American oak and refill European oak casks. Finished in Oloroso sherry-seasoned re-charred casks. Chill-filtered. Coloured. Slowly forming primary legs. Slow mid-size secondary legs. Droplets.

70 / 100 Yummy