James Eadie Dailuaine 10yo

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by Single Malt Snob

Are James Eadie’s Core Releases any goed?

Once in a while, let’s say almost every day, I get an email about whisky.
Mostly sales by online stores and announcements of Ardbeg special releases. In an email about a tasting event, I noticed a link to the “new in stock” whiskies and spotted two bottles with a label that just caught my eye. So, I went and got one of them, since I put myself on spending limit on whisky for a while. James Eadie has launched to new bottles early August, as the ‘Core Expressions” series. Currently consisting of two small batch whiskies, one from the Dailuaine distillery and one from Teaninich distillery. I decided to go for the Dailuaine, since my collection has several unopenend Teaninichs and no Dailuaines.
But let’s discuss the new series and review the Dailuaine!

On their website, James Eadie describes a fun background story on how these expressions came to be. To be honest, I’m not sure if the story is true, but it is a fun one and I like how it looks back to old “recipes”.
Just like the James Eadie Trademark X, the story starts with the discovery of James Eadie’s whisky ledgers, apparently containing details on the blends and casks of fortified wines.
This series is inspired by the latter. Apparently James Eadie had a [lees verder].