1979 Dallas Dhu Chieftain’s 25 year old Sherry butt 55% Abv

1979  Dallas Dhu Chieftain’s  25 year old Sherry butt 55% Abv  

Colour: Dark amber. 

Nose: Lots of sherry, creating an highly enjoyable combination of crystallized oranges and sultanas with those waxy, oily and mineral notes and with the strong minerality. Actually, it’s quite superb although a little hard to describe. Lots of Grand-Marnier, in fact, tar, rubber (nice rubber – new Pirellis), then mega-huge notes of absinth and yellow Chartreuse. Lots happening in there, it’s really fun to dip your nose into this one.

Mouth: Starts principally on grapefruit and lemon marmalade, a little pepper and that huge ‘jamminess’, quince, apricot, figs… There’s also an incredible amount of various spices . 

What a superb whsky, with Dallas Dhu’s somewhat ‘whacky’ style counterbalancing the rich sherry with perfection. 

The finish is in the same vein, lingering, orangey, rich… An amazing Dallas Dhu, certainly the best I ever had.