Footnotes

• The Dalmore, long recognised as a single malt that truly shines as a result of long ageing, has some of Scotland's oldest and most valuable maturing stocks.
  
  The task of crafting this absolutely unique expression– The Dalmore Oculus – was bestowed on Richard Paterson, a man with some four decades experience and who has judiciously monitored, measured and assessed these precious stocks over the passing decades.
  
  Drawing on his intimate knowledge of the stocks he has fused an incomparable and brilliant assemblage. His creation is the eye that invites you to look in to his world, a world of sublime maturation and peerless whisky fusion.
  
  Never before created, never to be repeated.
  
  The Dalmore Oculus is a singularly exceptional expression allowing a glimpse in to the world of our brilliant art.
  
  The Presentation
  
  Selecting a decanter to house this precious spirit led us to Baccarat – world renowned craftsmen from France. It is their masters of light, which create objects that infuse the everyday with a brilliant and beguiling atmosphere of attraction. Each exceptional piece is crafted using techniques that their makers and cutters have handed down from generation to generation. For Oculus it was fitting that light is captured and becomes substance in its purest form – crystal – facilitating an eye on to the liquid world of The Dalmore whisky held within. Decorated with a painstakingly crafted solid silver iconic stag – by pouring a river of molten silver in to a mould and then hand finishing and polishing – the decanter is finally engraved. This bottle, truly a treasure to behold is made complete being housed in a bespoke presentation case (refer department).