Please note: The filling level has dropped a bit.

Tasting notes by Serge Valentin (WhiskyFun.com)

Dallas Dhu 21 yo 1975/1997 (61.9%, OB, Rare Malts)

As usual, very high strengths suggest proper refill when batches are large, which in turn should indicate a rather distillate-driven malt whisky.

Colour: straw (there).

Nose: chalk, lemon, grass. I repeat, chalk, lemon, grass. And aspirin tablets, plaster, and wee whiffs of chives or even fresh onions. But mind you, almost 62% vol. With water: it’s amazing what water does to it. Not that it changes the profile, but it rebalances everything and well, I shall dare, makes it rather akin to some Hazelburn. I know, I know.

Mouth (neat): the high powers and the crude fatness of many a Rare Malts. Some used to call them ‘challenging’ for some reason. Grass, paraffin, lime, sauvignon blanc. With water: a little more sweetness, but that is all. Pink grapefruits, perhaps kiwis and gooseberries chalk, lemon…

Finish: long, very good, with a little more menthol and liquorice, and an earthier aftertaste this time. Comments: the brain says 85, while the heart says 90. Some lovely waxes in there – you would be forgiven for thinking this was Ben Nevis. Or indeed, why not, Hazelburn.

SGP:452 - 88 points.