Dallas Dhu 1983 Gordon & MacPhail

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

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 27 Year Old 1981 Duncan Taylor Rare Auld

After the fantastic 26 Year Old, I got me a sample of a 27 Year Old from the same Rare Auld series by Duncan Taylor, also distilled in 1981 but matured for an additional year. Ha, the nose is almost identical, although the aromas are presented in a different order (does that make sense?). First I get the furniture polish, then tropical fruit. Kiwi...

Score 89/100

Dallas Dhu Old Malt Cask 28 Year Old

Nose – Apples, lemon, definite alcohol singe, cinnamon, cherry pie Palate - Surprisingly sweet, oak, spices, full bodied, malty, very different than the nose – loses a lot of the fruit, hides the alcohol well, hint of smoke on the tale Finish – long, tongue numbing on those spice and smoke notes.

Score 85/100