The Dalmore releases the Red Wine Edition of its Cask Curation Series

Renowned Highland single malt producer The Dalmore unveils the highly anticipated third instalment of their Cask Curation Series, The Red Wine Cask Edition. Launched in 2023, the Cask Curation series was born to celebrate the distillery’s time honoured and innovative approach to cask selection, tracing its artform back to 1868. Their particular focus on sourcing casks from the world’s finest wineries realises itself in this latest release, which is sure to excite those acquainted with Château Mont-Redon, the visionary winemakers from the Châteauneuf-du-Pape region.

Now in its fourth generation of family management under Pierre Fabre, the estate’s characterful wines benefit not only from their distinctive soil composition and pebbled landscape, but also its blend of grapes resulting in complex layers of flavour that pair beautifully in enhancing The Dalmore’s single malt whisky.This 2025 edition of three bottlings from The Dalmore embodies a 24, 34, and a stunning 43 Years Old single malt whisky, all finished in 2023 Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine casks from the Mont-Redon estate. At 24 Years Old, expect notes of crème brûlée and hints of dark toffee, with an extra decade adding subtle floral notes and hints of Seville orange at 34 Years Old, before progressing to dark chocolate with hints of honeyed mango and warming spice at 43 Years Old, completing a trio of rich and complex single malts.

The Dalmore’s Master Distiller, Richard Paterson, describes the bottlings as: “A wonderful journey of discovery, to see how different aged and rare whiskies can be subtly enhanced by this red wine. The three single malt whiskies within this edition of Cask Curation Series, are, in my opinion, the pinnacle of red wine cask curation.” This devotion to using wine casks is apparent not just in the distillery’s ultra limited offerings presented here, but also in approachable core expressions like The Dalmore Cigar Malt Reserve and King Alexander III, both of which feature Cabernet Sauvignon wine barriques in the maturation journeys.Consistent with previous releases in the series, the Red Wine edition comes presented in a bespoke carry case that doubles as a platform for display, hand crafted by Italian luggage makers AB Florence in a bold lapis blue, inspired by the hue of ripening grapes on the vine at Château Mont-Redon.

150 sets are available globally from 1 October. For more information visit thedalmore.com/caskcuration

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