Cadenhead’s Dailuaine-Glenlivet 16 year old Oloroso Hogshead (70cl / 57.9%abv) 300 bottles

Cadenhead’s Dailuaine-Glenlivet 16 Year Old typically offers a rich, fruity, and spicy profile with sherry influence, featuring notes of dark chocolate, raisins, treacle, roasted nuts, spiced fruitcake, and oak spice, balanced by Dailuaine’s signature savory malt backbone, evolving from sweet to spicy and nutty on the palate with a long, indulgent finish. Specific releases (like those re-racked in Amontillado or sherry casks) add cola sweets, pomegranate, walnuts, or honey, showcasing a complex, often cask-driven character. 

This single cask was selected as the favourite from a choice of blind samples and bottled exclusively fo the Cadenhead’s Edinburgh shop. The release was distilled in 2008 and transferred to a Oloroso Hogshead in 2020 untill bottled in 2024. There are 300 bottles in the release.

Bottle Information

Distillery: Dailuaine-Glenlivet

Age: 16 years o;d

Region: Speyside

ABV: 57.9%

Bottle size: 70cl

Tasting Notes

Nose: Rich malt, dark chocolate, raisins, burnt sugar, spiced fruitcake, hints of polished oak, often with sherry influence.

Palate: Dense, sweet, and expressive with treacle, dried figs, cocoa, roasted nuts, warm Oloroso spice, savory malt, and sometimes cola or pomegranate notes.

Finish: Long, warming, and indulgent, with lingering sherry sweetness, spice, dark fruit, and nutty almonds, sometimes with oily or smoky undertones.