Tullibardine 1976 Cask #3157

Tullibardine 1993 Moscatel Wood Finish

I tasted this one at a recent whisky dinner in Antwerp, together with a shot of blood-red Moscatel sherry. The combination was amazing. But I also remember my impression of the malt itself, which I gladly put to virtual paper here. I found the influence of the moscatel sherry negligible on the nose, but perhaps that's due to the fact that a glass...

Score 82/100

Tullibardine 22 Year Old 1993 Highland Laird

Tullibardine, along the A9 halfway between Stirling and Perth, is sometimes called the ugly duck among distilleries. It looks like building blocks without a pagoda. But that says little – actually nothing – about the quality of their spirit. This one was distilled in 1993 and bottled at cask strength in Bartel Rawlings International’s Highland...

Score 83/100

Tullibardine 1993 Sauterne Wood Finish

Tullibardine has already released three vintages on Sauterne Wood (that should read Sauternes with an ‘s’ at the end of course): a 13 Year Old bottled in 2006, this 15 Year Old bottled in 2008 and a 16 Year Old bottled in 2010, which I have tried (and liked) already. The nose is very fresh. It is spring in the glass. Soft and oily with all kinds...

Score 85/100

Tullibardine 1976 SIngle Cask Edition #3160

For my twentieth encounter with Tullibardine I chose an official bottling from the Single Cask Edition. Hogshead #3160 yielded 227 bottles at cask strength. It was released in 2010 and is nowhere to be found anymore. While the label simply states ‘hogshead’, a second with your nose in the glass will tell you that this was most likely a sherry...

Score 87/100