DALMORE 2000 12 YEAR OLD CREATIVE WHISKY CO EXCLUSIVE MALTS 75CL

Single malt.

Dalmore have invested a lot to position themselves as a luxury brand, with their high-end expressions always resplendent in crystal decanters and lavish packaging. And you won’t ever hear them boasting about different cask finishes. Oh no, no, no; they prefer to “finesse” their spirit in a variety of exotic sounding wood. While this type of posturing isn’t exactly unique in the whisky industry, it does create a nagging doubt that the whole thing might just be a case of style over substance.

Thankfully, Dalmore’s spirit (more often than not) lives up to the hype. They have a complicated distillation process that utilises mismatched stills to produce distillates with different characteristics. These are then vatted together, before being filled into the distillery’s preferred Sherry casks.

Bottled by the Creative Whisky Co, this unusal expression was originally destined for the USA, hence the 75cl "freedom" sized bottle. However, this particular bottle bears a UK duty stamp, and strap line on the label that states "Bottled exclusively for America, but too good to let them have all of it"! The whisky itself has been finished in a Pedro Ximenez Sherry cask.

46.1% ABV / 75cl