The Dalmore Cigar Malt Reserve Single Malt Scotch Whiskey
The Dalmore Cigar Malt Reserve Single Malt Scotch Whiskey
The Dalmore Cigar Malt Reserve is a unique and luxurious single malt whisky, carefully crafted to complement the rich, bold flavors of a fine cigar. This expression is matured in American ex-bourbon casks, followed by ten-year-old Matusalem sherry butts, and finished in Cabernet Sauvignon wine barriques, creating a complex and robust profile. It’s designed to pair perfectly with the nuanced flavors of cigars, enhancing both the whisky and smoking experience.
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Why Gifted Pour recommends it
A natural gift for the person who keeps a humidor or simply loves a slow, dark-toned dram after dinner. This Highland single malt was built with a cigar in mind, and it shows: the nose leads with dark chocolate, roasted coffee and dried dark fruit lifted by orange peel, while the palate turns to rich espresso, bitter chocolate and raisin with warm baking spice and toasted oak. Its depth comes from a three-stage maturation, beginning in American ex-bourbon casks, moving into ten-year-old Matusalem sherry butts, and finishing in Cabernet Sauvignon wine barriques. That layered story gives the recipient something to talk about as they pour. It suits a milestone birthday, a retirement or a promotion celebrated on the porch, and it rewards patience, poured neat in a tulip glass or opened with a few drops of water. The finish is long and warming, trailing cocoa, spice and dark fruit, the kind of close that makes an evening linger a little longer.
Pairs well with
- Medium to full-bodied cigar — The whisky was crafted to complement a cigar, and its espresso, cocoa and toasted oak notes stand up to a fuller smoke.
- Square of dark chocolate — Bitter chocolate on the palate and lingering cocoa on the finish mirror the chocolate, while orange peel adds a bright lift.
- Retirement or Father's Day — Its layered dark fruit, coffee and baking spice make it a bottle to savor slowly at a celebration built around unhurried evenings.
Questions about this bottle
How is The Dalmore Cigar Malt Reserve matured?
It is matured first in American ex-bourbon casks, then in ten-year-old Matusalem sherry butts, and finally finished in Cabernet Sauvignon wine barriques, a sequence that builds a complex, robust profile.
What does it taste like?
Expect dark chocolate, roasted coffee, dried dark fruit and orange peel on the nose, then rich espresso, bitter chocolate and raisin with warm baking spice and toasted oak on the palate. The finish is long and warming, with lingering cocoa, spice and dark fruit.
Is it only for people who smoke cigars?
Not at all. It was designed to complement a fine cigar, but it is just as rewarding sipped neat, opened with a few drops of water, paired with a square of dark chocolate, or mixed into a Rob Roy-style drink with sweet vermouth and bitters.
Where is it made and what size is the bottle?
It is a single malt Scotch made from malted barley by The Dalmore Distillery in the Highlands of Scotland. The bottle is 750 ml, and this expression carries no age statement.
