DAFTMILL 2009 SINGLE EX-OLOROSO BUTT NO.046 (UK EXCLUSIVE)

(Good Spirits Co. Glasgow – Virtual Premium Whisky Tasting, 19 November 2021). Nose: Gristy, hairspray, sweet, concentrated, gorse, grape, redcurrant Palate: Numbing, rich, unctuous, butterscotch, burnt caramel, treacle, dried prunes, dates & figs, toffee Finish: Long finish. Sweet, sherried, leather, dried dark fruit, more dates/prunes 1 of 700 bottles Made with Optic barley grown on Daftmill’s south fields. Aged in an ex-Oloroso sherry butt Quite a heavy, concentrated and unctuous spirit. There’s a beautiful toffee note, with loads of berries and dried dark fruit. I could drink a lot of this! Came second out of the six drams, with 27% of the final vote for favourite of the night. 82% of those present said they enjoyed the whisky. This got my vote for favourite.

After reading @Slainte-Mhath ‘s reveiw on Daftmil, i wanted to search for my sample. Ir wasnt a bourbon cask, but ex- oloroso. Equally difficult to get, and a bottle is quite pricey. More than it needs to be. It’s good…but above $100-150 is nuts. Aroma of fruits and nuts. Like a cinnamon bun with almonds and sugar. Taste —- green apples, apricots, hazelnuts. Lowland character is held in forefront despite the oloroso cask maturity. That says a lot for the distilate…clearly high quality and robust to stand up to the oloroso cask maturity. Super well made. Not gonna deny that. But…this is well north of $300! In my humble opinion, it’s priced 2x more than it needs to be.