Dalwhinnie -- Help please!

[bexb0110]

Hello there,
I am sending you all a message to see if anyone can help me... My partner was recently given a 15 year old, 75cl / 43 percent bottle of unopened Dalwhinnie, complete with its packaging (the box, a bottle neck tag), this was given to him by his Grampy who said he had brought it approx 30 years ago. We are not really big whisky drinkers so only know the basics about the history of this product, but we are interested to know if anyone could help us find out more about Dalwhinnie. We know that Wine unlike Whisky etc changes in flavour as it ages, but surely the way they blend the Whisky changes over time!? Also the box - which is in good condition has what looks like a water colour hand painted picture on it - is this something they did, or is it generally printed on the box... Any advice would be much appreciated!!
Is it likely that the bottle is of any value? If so, where would i take it to get it evaluated and where would i go to sell it on if it is worth anything - any recommendations, advice and information would be great, helpful and very much appreciated!
Once again thank you....

[Forbes]

Hi bex, is it similar to this 1980s bottle available at The Whisky Exchange
www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-1813.aspx

Although this 1980s bottling was bottled at 40%, not sure when they started bottling at 43%. Are you sure it was bought 30 years ago?

[bexb0110]

Hi, thanks for your reply. I will post pictures or a link to show you a picture of the bottle. The shape of the bottle is the same as the one you provided but the label is different.
Not 100% sure on the date as it was given to my partner by his grampy, although his grampy said he bought it then - 30 years ago. It is also 43% / 75cl which i cant seem to find anywhere.
Any help would be much appreciated.

[Big Mac]

Does it mention "Classic Malts" anywhere on the label?

[bexb0110]

Please find my pictures of the Dalwhinnie Bottle - i hope they help! http://i55.tinypic.com/1t0th3.jpg
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[Big Mac]

It certainly looks very similar to a Classic Malt bottling to me, the Classic Malts were launched in 1988.


Note the classic malt logo on the box of the pic i have posted. My guess would be your bottle was produced just before 1988 when the Classic Malts where released. If you are unsure what the Classic Malts are you can read a bit about them here:
www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/classic-malts.htm

It is probably worth a few pounds as i believe it was bottled sometime between the bottle Forbes posted and the release of the classic malts in 1988. Perhaps someone will be able to tell you when they switched from 40% to 43% i assumed it was when they released the classic malts, so you seem to have a sort of missing link if you like - 43% but not a classic malt

[bexb0110]

Thanks for your comments, they have been very helpful. We just need to find out the missing link now. Will keep you posted, also if you have any other thoughts about it then please do not hesitate to contact me!

Thanks again