Dalmore The Dalmore Distillery : Buy Online

My Basket

My Account

You have not added any products.

Quick Search:

Home » Single Malt Whisky » Dalmore

Dalmore Single Malt Whisky

Distillery / Brand:

	Dalmore 12 Year Old / 70cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling
	Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky A recent batch of Dalmore 12, along with a smart packaging revamp. This new 12 year old is very impressive even by Dalmore's high standards. Web-Exclusive Price! Special Offer: £2 Off!! (was £32.75) £30.75 inc. VAT (£25.63 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore Dee Dram / Rivers Collection 2011 / 70cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling
	Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky The first edition of Dalmore's Dee Dram raised £35k towards conservation of the river - this is the second edition and is now part of an expanded Rivers Collection including the Tay, Tweed and Spey with the aim of raising up to £400k. Matured in a combination of bourbon and Oloroso sherry casks, this is a worthy dram indeed. £40.95 inc. VAT (£34.13 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore Spey Dram / Rivers Collection / 70cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling
	Highland Single Malt Whisky Another dram in a good cause, with a sizeable donation being made by the distillers for each bottle sold from the Rivers Collection. Like its stablemates, the Spey Dram is a mix of ex-bourbon & Oloroso sherry casks. Web-Exclusive Price! £40.95 inc. VAT (£34.13 ex. VAT)

Dalmore Tay Dram / Rivers Collection / 70cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling

Highland Single Malt Whisky
Produced by Dalmore with the object of raising up to £400k for a quartet of beautiful Scottish fishing rivers, like the rest of the Rivers Collection the Tay Dram has been produced from quality bourbon and Oloroso sherry casks and at least £4 per bottle sold will go to the Tay Foundation that protects and conserves the river.
Web-Exclusive Price!

£40.95 inc. VAT (£34.13 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore Tweed Dram / Rivers Collection / 70cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling
	Highland Single Malt Whisky Following 2010's hugely successful 'Dee Dram', this is a special bottling of Dalmore in celebration of the River Tweed, the UK's best salmon river. As with the distillery's other 'River' drams, a generous donation from the profits will go to the river's conservation foundation. Web-Exclusive Price! £40.95 inc. VAT (£34.13 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore 15 Year Old / 70cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling
	Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky A favourite expression in the Dalmore stable, this 15-year-old is elegant and smooth, with lipsmacking texture and the flawless balance one would expect from blending maestro Richard Paterson. Web-Exclusive Price! £42.75 inc. VAT (£35.63 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore Gran Reserva / 70cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling
	Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky A replacement for the enormously popular Cigar Reserve, we are sure this will be just as successful. An enticing heather and chocolate nose leads to a delicious rich palate with a silky texture and plenty of spice on the finish. Worryingly easy to drink. Web-Exclusive Price! £42.95 inc. VAT (£35.79 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore 1990 / 19 Year Old / Sherry Butt #9421 / 70cl / 59% / Signatory
	Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky A single sherry butt of Dalmore 1990 for Signatory's Cask Strength collection. Distillery bottled Dalmore is often quite heavy on the caramel, so it's nice to see this spirit at its natural colour. £60.75 inc. VAT (£50.63 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore 1990 / 20 Year Old / Sherry Butt #9424 / 70cl / 59.1% / Signatory
	Highland Single Malt Whisky A non-coloured, unchilfiltered cask strength Dalmore 1990 from a sherry butt bottled by Signatory in January 2011. £60.75 inc. VAT (£50.63 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore 1986 / 23 Year Old / Cask #3098 / Mackillop's / 70cl / 55.9% / Mackillop's Choice
	Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky A 1980 vintage Dalmore bottled in 2010 at cask strength and about 23 years old by independent bottler Mackillop's. £81.49 inc. VAT (£67.91 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore 18 Year Old / 70cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling
	Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky The latest expression of Dalmore is an 18yo, and it's just as smooth, spicy and sweet as fans of this distillery would hope. Bottled at 43%, which is a great step forward for owners W&M, but we can't help thinking this would be even better at 46%. Web-Exclusive Price! £85.75 inc. VAT (£71.46 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore Cigar Malt / 70cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling
	Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Designed to be enjoyed with a good Havana, this recent addition to the Dalmore range has proved extremely popular, especially as a digestif after a good meal. £89.95 inc. VAT (£74.96 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore 1995 Castle Leod / Bordeaux Finish / 70cl / 46% / Distillery Bottling
	Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky A very special wine-finished Dalmore released as a follow-up to 2010's Mackenzie bottling, and with the same mission - to raise money for the upkeep of Castle Leod, the Mackenzie clan's ancestral seat. £96.75 inc. VAT (£80.63 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore King Alexander III / 70cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling
	Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky To make this Dalmore King Alexander III, Master Distiller Richard Paterson has selected a range of differently-aged malts matured in a mixure of French wine casks, Madeira drums, Sherry butts, Marsala barrels, Port pipes and Bourbon barrels from Kentucky. A remarkable feat of blending. Web-Exclusive Price! £115.00 inc. VAT (£95.83 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore 12 Year Old / Bot.1980's / 75.7cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling
	Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky A green glass bottled 12 year old Dalmore from the early 1980s, complete with Whyte & Mackays 'golden' plastic cap. £150.00 inc. VAT (£125.00 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore 1980 / 70cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling
	Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky A delicious medium-full sherried dram from the Dalmore, this 1980 is nutty and chocolatey without being over-heavy. elegant and sophisticated. £250.00 inc. VAT (£208.33 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore 32 Year Old / Rum Finish / Old Malt Cask / 70cl / 55.4% / Douglas Laing
	Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky This cask-strength Dalmore 32yo is part of the range of extra-special bottlings from Douglas Laing to celebrate their 60th anniversary. £275.00 inc. VAT (£229.17 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore 29 Year Old / Stillman's Dram / 75cl / 45% / Distillery Bottling
	Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky A rare old 29yo Dalmore bottled by Whyte & Mackay for their now-defunct Stillman's Dram series. £350.00 inc. VAT (£291.67 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore 1981 / Amoroso Sherry Finesse / 70cl / 42% / Distillery Bottling
	Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky A very fancily-packaged 1981 Dalmore, "finessed" (translation: finished) in Amoroso sherry wood. Picked up an impressive 88 points from Whiskyfun in October 2009. £375.00 inc. VAT (£312.50 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore 1981 / Matusalem Sherry Finesse / 70cl / 44% / Distillery Bottling
	Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky A very limited 1981 Dalmore, finished in cask that had previously held the fabulous Matusalem sweet oloroso sherry from Gonzalez Byass. There are just 497 bottles of this, and it should be fabulous. £375.00 inc. VAT (£312.50 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore 8 Year Old / Bot.1970's / 75cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling
	Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky A bottle id 8 year old Dalmore bottled in the 1970's by "Duncan Macbeth and Co", one of the names used at the time, so it seems, by owners Whyte & Mackay. £399.00 inc. VAT (£332.50 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore 1974 / Matusalem Sherry Finesse / 70cl / 42% / Distillery Bottling
	Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky A welcome addition to the 'Rare & Prestigious' series from Whyte & Mackay, this Dalmore has been aged in casks that previously held Gonzalez-Byass's stunning sherries. The whiskey started life in 'Apostoles' Palo Cortado casks, before spending its last five years in 'Matusalem' Oloroso sherry butts. £625.00 inc. VAT (£520.83 ex. VAT)

Dalmore 40 Year Old / 1966 / 70cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling

Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Dalmore's extra-special 40yo is the leading light of Whyte & Mackay's Rare & Prestigious range. Dalmore ages better than perhaps any other Highland distillery, and these long-aged Dalmores are increasingly sought-after by collectors. The casks used for this 40yo were a mixture of American oak and sherry casks from the world-beating Gonzalez Byass.

£1,365.00 inc. VAT (£1,137.50 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore Aurora / 45 Year Old / 1964 Oloroso Sherry Cask / 70cl / 45% / Distillery Bottling
	Highland Single Malt Whisky Inspired by and named after the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights, just 200 bottles of this Oloroso sherry cask 1964 vintage Dalmore have been released. £2,800.00 inc. VAT (£2,333.33 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore 150th Anniversary Crystal / 75cl / 46%
	Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky A decanter created in celebration of the 150th anniversary of Dalmore's 1839 founding. Made by Edinburgh Crystal and with a metal medallion engraved with the Dalmore stag crest and bottle number. £2,999.00 inc. VAT (£2,499.17 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore - Candela 50 Year Old / 70cl / 45% / Distillery Bottling
	Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky A very limited edition Dalmore, Candela has been created by master blender Richard Paterson from very old vintage stocks, with the youngest from 1951 and the oldest going all the way back to 1868. Just 77 bottles of this have been released. Whisky Bible Awards 2011: Best Single Malt Scotch (41 years and over) £7,500.00 inc. VAT (£6,250.00 ex. VAT)

Dalmore 50 Year Old Decanter / 70cl / 52% / Distillery Bottling

Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Bottled in 1978 into just sixty beautiful cut crystal decanters, the casks for Dalmore 50yo were laid down in the 1920s, and some of the spirit is reputed to have been distilled in the late 19th century. This is one of the best 50 year-old whiskies ever produced and is the personal favourite of many connoisseurs worldwide.

£9,999.00 inc. VAT (£8,332.50 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore - Selene 1951 / 58 Year Old / 70cl / 44% / Distillery Bottling
	Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky A marriage of two Dalmore casks filled on the same day in 1951, Selene has been bottled after nearly six decades of ageing in the darkest of the distillery's warehouses, and named after the Titan goddess of the moon. Just thirty decanters have been produced, each encased in a solid steel box inlaid with leather. £12,500.00 inc. VAT (£10,416.67 ex. VAT)

	Dalmore Eos / 59 Year Old / 1951 / 70cl / 44% / Distillery Bottling
	Highland Single Malt Whisky Just 20 decanters of Eos (named after the Titan goddess of the sun) have been released. A sister bottling to 2010's Selene, Eos has been bottled from the same two sherry casks after an additional year's ageing. £15,000.00 inc. VAT (£12,500.00 ex. VAT)

The Dalmore distillery was built in 1839 by Alexander Matheson, who immediately leased it to the Sunderland family, who ran it for over thirty years until 1869, when the lease was taken over by three Mackenzie brothers, Alexander, Charles and Andrew. The number of stills was doubled from two to four in 1874 and following Alexander Matheson's death the distillery was sold to the Mackenzies in 1891.

The Dalmore distillery

In 1917 production ceased as the Royal Navy were using the warehouses as factories to produce mines. After they left in 1920, part of the distillery had been damaged by a fire following an explosion in the warehouses and Dalmore only resumed production in 1922, while Andrew Mackenzie took the Navy to court in a row over compensation.

A Saladin box malting system was installed in 1956, which remained in operation until 1982, the last time any barley was malted on site. The distillery remained under sole ownership until 1960, when it was merged with Whyte and Mackay. The new company increased the number of stills from four to eight in 1966.

In the period between 1970 and 2002 ownership of Whyte and Mackay changed hands a few times and the company went through a bit of an identity crisis. I will try and elucidate the facts to the best of my understanding but dates are conflicted in some of my sources, so apologies in advance for any inaccuracies.

According to the Whyte & Mackay website: "The company became part of Sir Hugh Fraser's SUITS group in 1971. Two years later Tomintoul and Fettercairn distilleries were purchased. SUITS was acquired by Lonrho in 1981 and subsequently Whyte & Mackay was sold to Brent Walker in 1988 and then to American Brands (now Fortune Brands) in 1990."

The company then acquired Isle of Jura and Tamnavulin in 1993 when they bought Invergordon Distillers. Tomintoul was sold to Angus Dundee Distillers in 2000, but Fettercairn, Jura and Tamnavulin remain part of the W & M stable.

The Dalmore distillery

The Whyte and Mackay company name was changed in 1996 to JBB (Europe). American Brands had become Fortune Brands by the time JBB (Europe) staged a management buyout in 2001, changing their name to Kyndal Spirits. This name-change proved a confusion too far, though, and the following year Kyndal returned to being called Whyte and Mackay.

Despite all the upheaval, during this period Dalmore were releasing some of the finest malt whisky ever to come out of the Highlands, thanks in large part to the abundant talents of one of the most well-respected ambassadors the whisky industry has: Whyte & Mackay's master blender, the irrepressible Richard Paterson.

Shortly after the JBB/Kyndal management buyout, Paterson's most famous creation, The Dalmore 62 year old, broke the world record at auction for a single bottle of whisky: nearly £26,000. Another bottle that sold to a private individual a few years later in 2005 exceeded even that extraordinary figure, going for over £37,000.

Dalmore is now under Indian ownership, with parent company Whyte & Mackay having been bought by Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya's United Brands group in 2007. However, the company's future is in doubt at the time of writing (April 2009) after reports that Mallya is looking for a buyer.

The Dalmore distillery

www.thedalmore.com