Dallas Dhu 1971 Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & Macphail

Dallas Dhu 26 Year Old 1980 Part des Anges

Part des Anges, of Angel’s Share, is a French bottles that favours closed distilleries for its… err… ‘Closed Distilleries’ series. This Dallas Dhu fits right in. This 1980 cask was bottled without dilution and hence yielded 231 bottles. The nose is somewhat grassy. The typical (?) candlewax plays second fiddle now, next to some lemon grass, sour...

Score 86/100

Dallas Dhu 1980/2007, 26 Years, Part Des Anges

from a purchased sample Nose: Along the lines of the 1981, though perhaps a touch more minerally. Spun cotton candy, sweet glue, and a little more floral. Maybe less complex, though far greater balance and control of the sweetness. Of course, candied and sweet barley, lemon zest, a single quince. Fresh apricots, too, and caster sugar frosting....

Score 87/100

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 tones....

Score 88/100

Dallas Dhu 1965 Vintage G&M Connoisseurs Choice

Good news everyone, Dallas Dhu will resume production after a spending the last 32year in hibernation! I hope I’ve got you all excited, but don't celebrate just yet, we got the exact same news two years ago. Back in 2013, the Scottish government, proprietor of this so called ‘time capsule’ museum, payed for a study to explore the feasibility of...

Score 90/100