1/Some whiskies have fans. Dalwhinnie 15 has friends. It's the bottle that drinkers reach for as a matter of course, the one that turns up again and again near the top of other people's lists, quietly well-liked across the room rather than loved by a loyal few.
2/Here's the shape of it: Dalwhinnie 15 sits among the ten closest bottles for the drinkers of 18 others, where the typical bottle manages 9.0. Drinkers of Tomatin 12, Clynelish 14 and Glen Moray 15 would each find it near the top of their own list.
3/The whisky itself is one of the gentle ones. No smoke, but a deep honeyed sweetness on the nose: caramelised fruits, a touch of thick cream, a little fennel and sharp citrus. It's that chunkiness through the middle, soft and thick, that drinkers keep coming back for.
4/It's $95 at Dan Murphy's, where it usually sells around $95, and we've seen it from $95 to $129. That's about $3.99 a standard drink, a pour at home against $6.28 for a pint at the pub. For the regulars and the curious alike, an easy yes.
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