Tamdhu 12 Years Old

This official Tamdhu single malt, a 12 year old and bottled at 43%. Tamdhu was founded in 1897 by a group of blenders in Knockando, in the heart of Speyside, and it was revived by Ian Macleod Distillers in 2013. It was built by a consortium of blenders led by William Grant and designed by Charles Doig; the name is Gaelic for little dark hill.

The spirit was run through the distillery's onion shaped stills, and laid down in Oloroso casks for its sherried depth. An Oloroso sherry cask wrapped the malt in dried fruit and a nutty depth. Past a decade the fruit deepens into fig, raisin, nuts and a warm ginger spice. Sherry seasoned oak is central to the house style, lending dried fruit and a nutty depth. Tamdhu was built in 1897 by a consortium of blenders led by William Grant. The arrival of the Strathspey railway in the 1860s made the distillery possible. For decades its malt fed blends such as the Famous Grouse and Cutty Sark. Mothballed in 2010, the distillery was revived by Ian Macleod and relaunched in 2013.

At 43% it is smooth and sherried. The Oloroso brings a rich, sherried fruitiness. Beneath it run fig, raisin and a warm spice. It closes long, sherried and warm. This is the sherried Speyside malt of Tamdhu.