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Dalmore Cask Curation Series The Red Wine Cask Edition 34 year old Châteauneuf-du-Pape Wine Cask Finish, 40.5%

Price: 47750 Issue: Winter 2025 Reviewer: Jonny McCormick Category: Single Malt Scotch

A delicate low-proof whisky, so give this time to open up. The nose has layers of gentle oak spices, red currant jelly, blackberry, vanilla extract, bitter orange, and dark chocolate. The Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2023 vintage cask finish delivers a palate of apple, candied peel, prune, and oak spices, showing blackberry, dark chocolate, leather, and black tea, with a drying finish of nutmeg, ground cinnamon, and chocolate. (150 3-bottle sets worldwide) $47,750/3-bottle set