Tamdhu 1989 20 Year Old Sherry Cask Douglas Laing Platinum Selection

Tamdhu Batch Strength / Batch No 2

Tamdhu is another distillery that until now has evaded my rapier pen. This Speyside distillery was founded in 1896 and lies between Cardhu and Knockando. It's quite large with nine pine washbacks and three pairs of stills. After closing it in 2010, Edrington sold it to Ian Macleod Distillers (who just bought Rosebank) who revived the lagging brand...

Score 90/100

Tamdhu 16 Year Old 1985 Chieftain’s Choice

This Tamdhu from Chieftain’s Choice was distilled when yours truly was a few months shy of owning his very first moped. Sixteen years late it was bottle, meaning this malt by now has spent more time in the bottle than on the cask. Cask? Casks – plural. It’s a vatting of two rum cask on which this malt was finished. You immediately smell the rum!...

Score 82/100

Tamdhu 13 Year Old 1990 Dun Bheagan Sherry Finish

Dun Bheagan is a series of malts marketed by Ian MacLeod. Today I will try a Tamdhu, incidentally a distillery currently owned by this bottler. This 13 Year Old got a finish on sherry casks, was distilled in 1990 and bottled in 2003. I am putting it head to head with a 15 Year Old, also from 1990, but finished on port casks. The nose is sweet on...

Score 78/100

Tamdhu 2006/2015 The Ultimate

Looking for something affordable, enjoyable that can deliver that kick? You might just want to check if your local stockist has a Tamdhu on his shelves from the Dutch indy bottler Van Wees. Tamdhu and Van Wees, they are a match made in heaven. ‘The Ultimate’ range features a couple releases from this Speyside distillery, heavy on the sherry and...

Score 86/100