Dalwhinnie Distillery stands in the Cairngorm National Park at the heart of the Scottish Highlands in the village of Dalwhinnie. The Dalwhinnie 15 year old is known as the Gentle Spirit.
Made in the highest and coldest working distillery in Scotland, with water from a loch at 2000 feet, Dalwhinnie whisky thrives on extreme conditions, creating a liquid as sweet and accessible as its highland home is remote.
No other distillery may use the water from Lochan na Doire-uaine "Loch of the green thicket" a gathering of pure snowmelt and rainwater high in the Drumochter Hills. This might be why Dalwhinnie Scotch is the only Highland whisky to offer a combination of clean and accessible, malty-sweet taste with a smooth and smoky warmth.
Founded in 1897, the distillery was first called Strathspey before becoming Dalwhinnie when production started in 1898. It means “Plain of Meetings” in Gaelic, a reference to the location at a junction of old drove roads, between two mountain ranges. Though beautiful and ancient, the site is not without its drawbacks: a fire in 1934 caused a four-year closure, with rebuilding hampered by bitterly cold winters and twenty-foot snow drifts.
The smoth aromatic heather and honey sweetness gives a clean crisp flavour to this very special Single Malt.
Nose: Crisp dry aromatic with hints of heather and peat.
Palate: Smooth soft lasting flavours of heather honey sweetness and vanilla followed by a deep citrus flavour with hints of malted bread.
Finish: Lingering intense finish that starts sweetly with a hint of smoke and malt.
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