84Very Good

The Dalmore 12 Year

Scotch Scotland The Dalmore

This is the base, age stated release in Dalmore's core line.

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Aggregated Reviews

Raided Score: 88
Whisky Advocate
By Gavin Smith
Orange carries over to the palate, with spicy dark chocolate, ginger, and cocktail cherries. The finish features vanilla, long-lasting dark chocolate, and prunes.
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Raided Score: 84
Whiskyfun
By Serge
Never underestimate Dalmore, just avoid about their hyper-hyperbolic marketing flannel. It is a great whisky.
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Raided Score: 83
The Whiskey Wash
By Joshua St. John
It does not take long for the heavy sweetness to become a bit much, not dissimilar from eating too many pancakes in one sitting.
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Raided Score: 88
Distiller
By Stephanie Moreno
The finish is pleasant and of decent length. In short, for the price, it's a solid choice.
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Raided Score: 75
The Daily Pour
By t8ke
This is nothing like I expected and nothing like I really remember Dalmore spirit to be like.
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House Review

Nose:
Mildly lactic, sweet raisin bread, sweet caramel and faint cocoa. There's some odd fruitiness, melons and faint banana.
Taste:
Thin and again, mildly lactic. faint brown sugar, tastes young, almost as if there is some new make spirit in the mix. Raisin bread notes are here again.
Finish:
Short and mildly funky. Lactic, sweet fruitiness, that young note dominates again.
Overall:
This is nothing like I expected and nothing like I really remember Dalmore spirit to be like. Interesting. I am really looking forward to trying more expressions again to formally review. That said, I just didn't love this one.
Score:
75
By t8ke
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