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Distillery profile:
The Dalwhinnie distillery is located in the Inverness-shire
or Strathspey area in the western Highlands, but
according to some sources it is a Speyside distillery.
Dalwhinnie was built in 1897 by the Strathspey Distillery
Co Ltd. under the guidance of the investors John
Grant, Alex Mackenzie and George Sellar. The bill
for the construction work was just 10,000 pounds.Production
at Dalwhinnie started in February 1898 - but the
owners soon encountered finacial problems and the
original name 'Strathspey' was changed to 'Dalwhinnie'
when it was sold to new owners; the aptly named...
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| Points,
whiskies
90 - Dalwhinnie 29yo 1973/2003 (57.8%, OB) |
| OB
- no vintage |
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- Dalwhinnie
15 yo (40%, OB, probably late 1970’s)
- 220206
- Dalwhinnie
15 yo (43%, OB, mid 1980’s) - 220206
- Dalwhinnie
15 yo (43%, OB, circa 1986) - 130607
- Dalwhinnie
15 yo (43%, OB, +/-1990, Old label) - no notes
- 86
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Dalwhinnie 15 yo (43%, OB, +/-1995) - no notes
- 80
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| OB
- vintage |
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- Dalwhinnie
36 yo 1966 (47.2%, OB, 1500 bottles) - 210405
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Dalwhinnie 29 yo 1973/2003 (57.8%, OB, Limited
Edition) - 011004
- Dalwhinnie
1980 ‘Distiller’s Edition’
(43%, OB) - 010704
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Dalwhinnie 1981 Distiller’s Edition (43%,
OB, Late 1990's) - no notes - 88
- Dalwhinnie
20 yo 1986/2006 (56.8%, OB) - 130607
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| Cadenhead
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- Dalwhinnie
27 yo 1966/1993 (45.5%, Cadenhead’s)
- 210405
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| Gordon
& MacPhail |
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- Dalwhinnie
20 yo 1963 (40%, G&M Connoisseur’s
Choice old brown label) - 220206
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(all
current rankings 
90 points
- Last tasted: October 1, 2004
- Tasting notes: 
