Color: Full Gold.

Nose: Subtle but pleasant, eloquent. The oak has not been terribly active, but there's been enough time for it to do some rounding of the spirit. You can tell it's a quality distillate that's mostly been left alone. There's light citrus, tobacco, and some refreshing mint. After it's been in the glass a bit, I start to get some mineral notes, too.

Mouth: Taken neat, it's not hot, but there's a fullness and strength that immediately hits you. There's a continuation of the mellow oranges from the nose. Besides that, it's pretty close to well-matured malt. The interplay between those two sides of the dram is terrific. I don't get a ton out of adding water at either stage.

Finish: This is where you start to feel some oak, but it's fine. Wood spice.

Comments: I think I came into this one ready to give a huge score. I've come away impressed once again (I've owned this bottle and had it open for a little while), but perhaps not at that level. This is very good. There's a nice feeling to having a reasonably-priced, distillate-driven Dalmore from an indie bottler as respected as Cadenhead. Beyond that, I'd just call it quite solid. Not enough for a spectacular mark, though.

Solid and fruity dram. Lots of tropical fruits and notes of honey, vanilla and spicy cinnamon. Chalky, salty and full bodied. The sherry notes are almost lost in this exoposion of papaya, mango and pineapple.
The nose lets it down a bit, I dont get much nosing it. Only some briny notes that point to its coastal maturation accompanied with thick honey. No complexity. Because of this it scores 87 for me. With a better nose this could have been 89 or 90.
Thanks for the sample Kees.

On the nose, flowers and mint, then scents of candied fruit. Alcohol gives way to spicy returns!
2nd:
melon and orange peel on the menu with a hint of spice!