Dalwhinnie

Dalwhinnie whisky thrives on extreme conditions – creating a liquid full of sweet honey flavours.

Built in 1897, Dalwhinnie distillery is situated between the gentle, grassy style of the Lowlands and the heather-honey sweetness of Speyside which begins some 25 miles to the north.

Meaning “Plain of Meetings” in Gaelic, Dalwhinnie’s name is a reference to its location at a junction of old drove roads, between two mountain ranges. Although beautiful and ancient, the distillery site is not without its drawbacks: a fire in 1934 caused a four-year closure, with rebuilding hampered by bitterly cold winters and twenty-foot snow drifts.

Year after year the distillery and its workers survive the coldest of conditions to produce this smooth, golden whisky. In fact, in 1994 Dalwhinnie was confirmed by the Met. Office as having the coldest average recorded temperature – 6.0c – of any inhabited Scottish region.