After the seal and the deer, this time it’s up to the badger: no, we’re not talking about the menu of a restaurant specialized in game, but about Dream Whisky, the youngest independent Italian bottler. Although, in fact, Marco Maltagliati is a passionate hunter… Anyway, the first two animals on the label were hiding two peaty animals: this time it’s the turn of an 11-year-old Glenallachie, aged in an ex-bourbon refill barrel and bottled a few weeks ago. Sorry, no more words: let’s drink!
N: at the beginning it seems a little closed and a bit young, with notes of yeast, pear, candied fruit and white chocolate (or rather: ciocorì); powdered sugar. Gradually it evolves towards white flowers and rose aromas, and gradually opens up: and when it opens, it’s a celebration. Rather buttery, with short pastry, apple pie, a little saffron; a veil of grass (freshly cut grass, iceberg salad). It closes on a beautiful note of pink grapefruit peel. Bread, a little bit of yeast that remains: almost hints of champagne.
P: here it’s more “Speysider”, more open, and has a nice, oily body. Sweet and buttery, with notes of wildflower honey, short pastry and pandoro; it stays very fresh thanks to the grapefruit, in general thanks to a very pleasant citrus. The alcohol calms down with time, and with time comes a curiously bitter, slightly herbaceous scent, only at the last moment.
F: long and clean, still very fresh, with the cereal that takes the whole scene here.
Second fill barrel, and you feel it, and we like it very much: we appreciate the relative nudity of the distillate, and we want to reward the fact that it is a sincere, honest whisky that definitely meets our tastes… This N.3 has nothing pimply, it’s pure malt whisky, and it’s a choice we like: for now, it’s the release of Dream that we liked the most…. 87/100.
Recommended soundtrack: Fontaines D.C. – Too Real.
