Dallas Dhu The Union of the Crowns 22 años

Dallas Dhu 26 Year Old 1981 Dun Bheagan

Dun Bheagan is a label from Ian MacLeod Distillers, who also own Glengoyne and Tamdhu, but also market the following brands: Isle of Skye, Langs, Smokehead and The Six Isles. This Dallas Dhu is a single sherry butt that was put to sleep in 1981, two years before Diageo closed down the distillery for good. The nose is sweet, while the sherry...

Score 83/100

Dallas Dhu 31 Year Old 1969 Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask

Old Malt Cask from Douglas Laing means golden drinking strength, i.e. 50%. Rumour has it that the Laing brothers are splitting the company, but I am trying a Dallas Dhu from the good old days. It is a distillate from before I was born, that matured for 31 long years on a sherry cask. My oldest Dallas Dhu so far. The nose offers nice fruity...

Score 88/100

Dallas Dhu 1981/2008, 26 Years, Part Des Anges

from a purchased sample Nose: Vanilla, cake frosting, sweet flower wax. Oodles of sweet barley. This thing is going to melt teeth. Acidic apple, touches of glue, and sweet lemon zest. Musty peach and tangerine/apricot. Something even of a precocious Barsac. Anise/licorice (barely). Perhaps even some spun sugar. Nuts/almondy. (with water) More...

Score 84/100

Dallas Dhu 1979/2009 Gordon & Macphail

from a purchased sample Nose: Lighter and very high pitch. Linseed oil, two or three daffodils, sweet malt. Green pepper and some other green, vegetal notes, fairly indistinct. Not much else going on. Palate: About the same thing. The oak isn't heavy, but the rest of the profile is so transparent that the oak shines through more than it should....

Score 75/100