Tamdhu 10 Year Old Bottled 1980s

Tamdhu 10 Year Old

Tamdhu comes from Gaelic for “little dark hill”. This distillery was founded in 1897 and has been mothballed 3 times since. Located in the town of Knockano it is a distillery which finds most of its whisky used in blends such as Grouse and Cutty Sark. Since the relaunch in 2011 it has really pushed on and this culminated with it being nominated as...

Score 81/100

Tamdhu 1980 33 Y.O. The Whisky Agency "Private Stock" (bot 2013)

sample from a friend Nose: Fragrant on yellow crystallized fruit nibs. Tropical fruits on the lines of boozy pineapple sans acidity. Slight ash note and an empty, dry seasoned humidor. It's the cedar. Pith, wax, and a changing balance of subtle notes -- all ripe and just overripe melons and soft stone fruit (peaches, nectarines) and cantaloupe....

Score 89/100

Tamdhu 40 Year Old 1971 The MacPhail’s Collection

The MacPhail's Collection is, as you can no doubt guess, a label of independent bottler Gordon & Macphail. One of the bottlings in that excellent series is this Tamdhu from 1971. Mind you, this was bottled more than a decade ago. I recently received a visit from Joren Nuyts – the strong man behind the new Belgian label The Roots – who gave me...

Score 87/100

Tamdhu Batch Strength / Batch No 2

Tamdhu Batch # 002 has received a lot of favourable attention since its release. I thank @Maddie for the reviewed samples. The reviewed bottle has been open for 6 weeks at the time of the review notes and was 95% full Two searches both revealed to me in Tamdhu's own postings that "Batch Strength" means no more nor less than...

Score 90/100