Dalmunach 9 years 2016 - 2025 James Eadie 5cl

Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Bottler James Eadie

Distillery / brand Dalmunach

Range Small Batch

Country Scotland

Region Speyside

Content Size 0.05 liter

Alc/vol 46%

Age 9 years

Distilled 2016

Bottled 2025

Cask number 364523, 364524, 364525

Cask type Refill PX Sherry Hoghead Finish

Number of bottles 1426

Flavour Profiles Full bodied and spicy

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Dalmunach 9 Years 2016 - 2025 James Eadie Small Batch

Dalmunach is a modern Speyside distillery with a bright, fruity spirit that takes cask work extremely well. And something genuinely interesting happens here, because this James Eadie Small Batch spent a long 51 months finishing in refill PX sherry hogsheads. That’s not a quick layer, it’s almost a second chapter. Because the casks are refill, it stays elegant rather than turning into an overly syrupy sherry bomb, giving you a smart balance of fruit, chocolate like sweetness and spiced depth on top of that Speyside freshness. Expect a layered, sherry led Speyside with raisin and fig, orange, toffee and gentle oak, with enough lift to keep it lively.

Tasting Notes

Nose

Sweet and enticing with raisins, figs and a hint of date. Then come orange peel, milk chocolate and caramel, with a soft malty note and lightly spiced oak in the background.

Palate

Rounded and mouthcoating with PX driven dried fruit and syrupy sweetness, kept in check by the refill hogsheads. You’ll find toffee, cocoa and a bright citrus lift, followed by warming spice like cinnamon and a touch of pepper.

Finish

Long and warming with lingering sherry richness, chocolate and gentle spice. It fades slightly dry with oak and a fruity sweetness that lingers.

Dalmunach Distillery

Dalmunach Distillery is a modern Speyside distillery in Carron, on the banks of the River Spey. Built by Chivas Brothers to secure long term malt supply for their blends, it officially opened in 2015 on the site of the former Imperial Distillery. The architecture is strikingly contemporary yet rooted in Speyside tradition, with a design said to be inspired by a sheaf of barley. Dalmunach was engineered for efficiency and scale, featuring a high production capacity and modern sustainability features such as heat recovery. Visitor access is not typically the focus, but the distillery is clearly visible from the Speyside Way walking route as it follows the river. Most of the spirit is destined for blending, which is why single malt releases have historically been scarce and often appeared first through independent bottlers.

Dalmunach is one of the youngest and largest malt whisky distilleries in Speyside. In 2012, Chivas Brothers decided to build a new distillery on the former site of Imperial, which was demolished after years of silence. The first spirit flowed from the stills in September 2014, followed by the official opening in 2015. The name Dalmunach refers to a nearby pool in the River Spey.

The modern building was inspired by the shape of a sheaf of barley, while retaining clear links with Imperial. Old bricks and timber were reused, and the eight copper stills were shaped to resemble those of the lost distillery. Their circular arrangement around the spirit safe is particularly distinctive.

Dalmunach was created to provide additional malt whisky for Chivas Brothers blends, including Chivas Regal, Ballantine’s and Royal Salute. The distillery combines large-scale production with efficient technologies such as heat recovery. Its spirit was designed to have a rich, fruity Speyside character. As official single malts remain scarce, whisky enthusiasts mainly discover Dalmunach through releases from independent bottlers.

James Eadie is a Scottish independent bottler with roots reaching back to 1854. In that year, Scottish-born James Eadie established a brewery and bottling business in Burton-on-Trent. Alongside beer, he also produced a blended Scotch whisky based on a family recipe, described as an ‘ancient Scotch mixture’. The whisky was served throughout the hundreds of public houses connected to the company.

In 2014, Rupert Patrick, a great-great-grandson of James Eadie, established the modern company. Two years later, the family name returned with single cask and small batch bottlings. The historic Trade Mark ‘X’ blend was also reconstructed using old company ledgers and one of the few surviving bottles.

Today, James Eadie focuses on single cask, small batch and cask finish releases of single malt and single grain Scotch whisky. Careful balance between spirit and wood is central, often with additional maturation in sherry, wine or other characterful casks. In this way, James Eadie connects a nineteenth-century whisky story with a modern, flavour-led approach.