{"id":40,"date":"2020-03-01T15:53:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T15:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/?p=40"},"modified":"2026-10-26T20:18:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T20:18:50","slug":"review-dalwhinnie-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/review-dalwhinnie-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Dalwhinnie 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">min read<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left;padding:10px\" src=\"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/dalwhinnie_15.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/> <\/p>\n<h2>Key Details<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Whiskey Name:<\/strong> Dalwhinnie 15<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distillery:<\/strong> Dalwhinnie<\/li>\n<li><strong>ABV:<\/strong> 43% \/ 86 proof<\/li>\n<li><strong>Age:<\/strong> 15yr<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type:<\/strong> Single Malt<\/li>\n<li><strong>Website:<\/strong> N\/A<\/li>\n<li><strong>Price:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/38cP5Kv\">\u00a336 on Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Dalwhinnie distillery was originally built under a different name, &#8216;Strathspey&#8217;, in 1897. It was renamed &#8216;Dalwhinnie&#8217; not too long after when the facility was sold during some financial difficulties. Similar to a lot of Scottish distilleries, it changed hands many times. It has ended up under the drinks giant Diageo (formerly DCL). Dalwhinnie is one of the highest elevated distilleries in Scotland at 1164 feet above sea level, and has recorded some of the lowest temperatures in the UK. Dalwhinnie still uses worm tubs (wooden ones) and only has two stills, one wash and one spirit. Much of the distillery\u2019s output is used in the Black &amp; White blends. Dalwhinnie is part of Diageo\u2019s Classic Malts series, representing the (Central) Highlands, though it is also part of the Speyside region.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: center;padding:10px\" src=\"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/dalwhinnie_15_barrels.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/> <\/p>\n<h2>Nose (28\/33)<\/h2>\n<p>Fresh cut grass earthiness , honey and pear to the front with hint of lemony citrus and dryness<\/p>\n<h2>Taste (27\/34)<\/h2>\n<p>soft and delicate mouth feel with a fruity cake flavour<\/p>\n<h2>Finish (25\/33)<\/h2>\n<p>Soft and subtle with a hint of spice<\/p>\n<h2>Score<\/h2>\n<p>80\/100<\/p>\n<p>Overall &#8211; a great whiskey at a great price. It&#8217;s approachable on all levels and I&#8217;m sure that this could convert non-whiskey drinkers to whiskey.<\/p>\n<p>Please let me know on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thewhiskeycompanion\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thewhsikeycompanion\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Carl_TWC\">Twitter<\/a> if you&#8217;ve tried it and agree or disagree and share your notes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An elevated Highland distillery, a 15 year old malt and a \u00a336 price: Dalwhinnie is an easy way to win over someone who says they don&#8217;t like whiskey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[14,28,26,27,29],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-budget","tag-dalwhinnie-distillery","tag-review","tag-scotch-whisky","tag-single-malt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions\/158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskeycompanion.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}