Dalwhinnie Winter's Gold NAS

[William]

Diageo have added a new No Age Statement whisky to its Dalwhinnie core range, named Dalwhinnie Winter's Gold, which will start appearing on shelves from this month. It doesn't have the lovely touch of peat smoke the 15 has but this is a different expression, a more straight forward expression, more oaky, a very easy to drink and a very enjoyable Dalwhinnie.



Dalwhinnie Winter's Gold will be available from August in supermarkets and specialist whisky shops such as The Whisky Exchange. Matured in American and European Oak casks then bottled at 43% ABV, the RRP of the whisky in the UK is £38.

More info and my tasting note here:
www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/dalwhinniewintersgold.htm
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[Bookie]

The Dalwhinnie Winters Gold sounds like it will be worth a try.

William its interesting that you say there could be a Lagavulin NAS, I have always wondered why the Lagavulin core range entry level whisky was 16 year old, a younger Lagavulin at an everyday dramming price would be very welcome.

[TheWM]

[CGRenn]

[Alexppp]

But what makes you think a NAS Lagavulin would be cheaper than the 16 year-old? It's not like there's a similar precedent among other Diageo brands...

[TheWM]

[opelfruit]

[Gregor]

It does look like the supermarkets will soon have almost 100% NAS single malts on the shelves and the aged whiskies will only be found in the specialist whisky shops.

I did like the Talisker Skye but wouldn't rate it as highly as the 10 year old, and going by Williams review of the Dalwhinnie Winters Gold, it looks like this will be the same, good but not as good as the 15. As far as the RRP goes, it is all a game, over inflated prices so they can offer huge sales discounts during the busy sales seasons such as over the Christmas period and it does sound like this whisky was named to target the Christmas gift buyers. It does sound worth a try and no doubt I will pick up a bottle when I see it on offer and with an RRP of £38 I know for certain it will go on offer.

[Alexppp]

[Crane]

I do like the Dalwhinnie 15 so I will give the new Winters Gold a go. As far as pricing it is no surprise that the new whisky is a little more expensive than the 15. It is all a game as Gregor says in his post above and I would have been more surprised if it was cheaper than the 15.

[Cuba]

Pricing aside I will always welcome a new expression especially from a distillery which doesn't offer many expressions so a new Dalwhinnie and new Lagavulin if it happens will be very welcome.