Tamdhu 1966 Macphail's Collection Gordon & Macphail

Tamdhu Batch Strength No. 2

Nose: fruity, dense. Moist Christmas cake. Some fresh oak in there along with the cherries and dates. A bit of cinnamon. Reminiscent of fine brandy. Some dark chocolate notes after adding water. Deep and complex. Taste: hot on the tongue, yet doesn't taste overwhelmingly of alcohol. A big burst of flavour delivers fruit along with peanut brittle...

Score 87/100

Tamdhu 15 Year Old 1990 Dun Bheagan Port 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 15 Year Old got a finish on port casks, was distilled in 1990 and bottled in 2005. I am putting it head to head with a 13 Year Old, also from 1990, but finished on sherry casks. The nose has a...

Score 80/100

Tamdhu

I picked up a 50ml sample bottle of Tamdhu (no age statement) at a local shop, having never heard of this whisky before. At the time, I had no knowledge of the distillery, or what kind of flavor profile it had. I have since learned it is a Speyside distillery, and is known as the only distillery to malt its own barley on premise, and it is the...

Score 60/100

Tamdhu 8 Year Old The Macphail's Collection

The Macphail's Collection contains young whisky, 8 years old each time, but at a very affordable price. The same can be said for this Tamdhu. I have heard that Gordon & Macphail purchase the new make spirit directly at the distillery and then matured it on their own casks in their warehouses in Elgin. The nose is young and freshly fruity on...

Score 82/100