Tullibardine 13 Years Old 2010 Cask #652608 (Riegger’s Selection)

Riegger's Selection selected this Tullibardine matured to 13 year old from 2010, drawn from cask 652608 and bottled at 56.6%. The outturn was 259 bottles. Tullibardine was opened in 1949 in the southern Highlands near Gleneagles; it is owned by the French wine house Picard. It is one of few distilleries to distil, mature and bottle all on the one site.

The spirit was run through the distillery's compact copper stills, to build a honeyed, malty character. An ex-Bourbon barrel shaped it, gentle American oak beneath the fruit. Past a decade the malt deepens into honey, toffee and a soft orchard fruit. The soft, fruity spirit takes a wine finish particularly well, in the Picard house style. Under French wine ownership the distillery has leaned into its cask finishes. The Murray and Custodian's Collections gather its older and rarer bottlings. Blackford's spring water has drawn brewers and distillers to the village for centuries.

At a hearty 56.6% it carries real weight. A soft, fruity vanilla meet soft vanilla and honey from the cask. Beneath it run honey, toffee and a soft spice. Vanilla and a soft ginger draw out the close. This is a soft, honeyed Highland single malt.