Tamdhu 17 Years Old Dumpy Bottle (Cadenhead’s)

A Tamdhu single malt, selected and bottled by Cadenhead's, aged 17 year old and bottled at 80%. Set on the banks of the Spey in Speyside, Tamdhu has distilled since 1897. Mothballed in 2010, the distillery was revived by Ian Macleod, who relaunched the single malt in 2013.

Distilled in copper onion stills on Tamdhu Spring water, for a rich Speyside spirit built to take sherry wood. An ex-Bourbon barrel shaped it, gentle American oak beneath the fruit. Around the mid teens the malt gains a fuller dried fruit over the orchard fruit. A patient maturation suits the rich, sherried Tamdhu character. 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. Sherry casks, both Spanish and American oak, define the modern Tamdhu.

At a natural 80% it is full and rich. Ex-Bourbon oak gives vanilla, honey and orchard fruit. Soft orchard fruit and raisin sit behind the spice. It closes long, sherried and warm. This is a dried fruit rich Speyside malt.