Tamdhu 15 Years Old 2008 Cask #DL 18176 (Old Particular)

Single malt Tamdhu, an independent Douglas Laing bottling matured to 15 year old from 2008, drawn from cask DL 18176 and bottled at 54.6%. A release of 773 bottles. Opened in 1897 on a Speyside site once known for smuggling, Tamdhu is a sherry led Speyside malt. The old Knockando railway station serves as the distillery's visitor centre.

Distilled on soft Speyside water in onion stills, building the rich, sherried style Tamdhu is known for. It was matured in refill ex-Bourbon oak, lending vanilla and honey. Around the mid teens the malt gains a fuller dried fruit over the orchard fruit. The slow loss of the angel's share concentrates the sherried, fruity core over time. 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.

At a natural 54.6% it is full and rich. Vanilla, honey and a soft apple come from the bourbon wood. It is full and deep, the sherried spirit shining through. It closes long, sherried and warm. This is the sherry cask malt of Knockando.