Tamdhu 11 Years Old 2007 Cask #6833A (Lady of the Glen)

Lady of the Glen bottled this Tamdhu single malt, aged 11 year old from 2007, drawn from cask 6833A and bottled at 60%. The outturn was 59 bottles. Set in Knockando, Speyside, Tamdhu has distilled since 1897. Tamdhu ran the last Saladin box maltings in Scotland, the boxes still standing on site.

The spirit was made in copper stills and filled into sherry seasoned oak, for a fragrant, fruity spirit with weight for the cask. A sherry butt held it, the wood lending raisin and walnut. At this age the spirit is fresh and fruity, the sherry bright over orchard fruit. Long ageing turns the orchard fruit towards fig, raisin and a warm spice. Mothballed in 2010, the distillery was revived by Ian Macleod and relaunched in 2013. Sherry casks, both Spanish and American oak, define the modern Tamdhu. The name Tamdhu is Gaelic for little dark hill, and the architect was Charles Doig. The River Spey runs past the distillery on its way to the Moray coast.

At 60%, undiluted, it is deep and sherried. The Pedro Ximenez lends raisin, date and treacle over the malt. It is deep and fruity, the sherry and oak well matched. A long, sherried finish carries a nutty depth. This is a rich, sherried Speyside single malt.