Teaninich 23 Year Old 1973 Rare Malts

Teaninich 10 Year Old 2006 Cadenheads

While this Highland distillery celebrated its 200th anniversary last year, and opened a whole new stillhouse this year, Teaninich is still largely unknown. This has everything to do that this is one of Diageo’s workhorses that produces almost exclusively for the blending industry with Johnnie Walker Red Label as biggest customer. There are hardly...

Score 81/100

Teaninich 10 Year Old

Teaninich distillery is located slightly north of Inverness and was founded in 1817 by Hugh Monro on his estate of Teaninich Castle. In 1830 he sold the estate to his younger brother John who as an officer spent most of his time in India and who decided to lease the distillery to the infamous Robert Pattison in 1850. In 1869 the lease on the...

Score 87/100

Teaninich 14 Year Old 1991 Gordon& Macphail

This Teaninich was distilled in 1991 and put to sleep on a refill sherry butt. Gordon & Macphail cut it to 46% and released it under their well-known Connoisseurs Choice label. The nose starts grassy, sweet and sour with vanilla, caramel, butterscotch, some peach, mandarin and a hint of banana. Quite a bit more complexity than in his younger...

Score 85/100

Teaninich 12 Year Old 2008 Signatory for Belgium

This young Teaninich was bottled by Signatory in their well-known Un-Chillfiltered Collection, but at cask strength. The cask was selected by a Belgian collective: The Whiskybarn, Billy's Whisky Barrel, The Glengarry, Whisky & Such, Tasttoe and Crombé 5.0. The nose is rather closed and needs some time. A lot of time, to be honest. After a lot...

Score 83/100