57,2°
Distillery : Dailuaine - Speyside
Oloroso Sherry Cask
Independent Bottling
By Silver Seal
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2023
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Totally Unpeated
Formerly owned by its creator Ernesto Mainardi, Silver Seal passed into the hands of Massimo Righi in 2010. His company is recognised as one of the best. This Dailuaine has been aged for 14 years in an Oloroso Sherry cask, which must be a first-fill cask because the Sherry is so intense. 233 bottles came out of the cask.
Let's Taste It :
A superb Sherry on the nose, very intense and elegant, cherry cream, pomegranate juice, raspberry, blackcurrant. Copper notes, perhaps a touch of sulphur, but also blood oranges, clementines, saffron and cinnamon, tomato pulp. Burnt wood, damp bark. It is oily on the palate, the fruit is rather dry, apricots, grapes, bananas, dates, but the spices arrive, tabasco, chilli and pepper. The finish is long, explosive, waxy, honeyed, royal jelly, amber, soaked leather, nougatine, heavy caramel. A few earthy hints at the end.
In Short,
I read on specialist websites that there's too much Sherry in it, that it's too sweet, that there's sulphur, but I think it's excellent, as do those who have tasted it with me. Admittedly, it's very intense, and there's no doubt that you won't find the distillery's usual profile, but it's original, tasty, complex, and the finish is powerful and long. Obviously, it's not for all palates, just like very peaty whiskies. But that's exactly what I like about whisky, this extreme diversity of flavours. The good thing is that you can find it at a good price at auction.
Score : 90
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Premiata Forniera Marconi - Harlequin
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