It seems there’s a new Dalwhinnie 25 Year Old coming up as part of the Diageo Special Releases 2015 , but for now we’re trying the old version distilled in 1987 and part of the Special Releases in 2012.

Dalwhinnie 25yo was matured in rejuvenated American oak hogsheads. That means they scraped the inside of tired casks that had been used for whisky maturation several times. This gives you a new surface of active wood, which is then charred and ready to be used again.

Dalwhinnie 25 yo 1987 (52,1%, OB 2012, 5358 btl.)

Nose: opens fairly soft...