Tamdhu 25 Years Old 1988 Old & Rare A Platinum Selection (Hunter Laing)

Hunter Laing selected this Tamdhu, aged 25 year old from 1988 and bottled at 53.4%. The outturn was 287 bottles. Set on the banks of the Spey in Speyside, Tamdhu has distilled since 1897. Ian Macleod runs Tamdhu alongside Glengoyne and Rosebank.

Distilled in copper onion stills on Tamdhu Spring water, for a rich Speyside spirit built to take sherry wood. Sherry seasoned oak gave the dried fruit richness Tamdhu is known for. Past twenty years the spirit turns rich and waxy while keeping its fruit. A patient maturation suits the rich, sherried Tamdhu character. The River Spey runs past the distillery on its way to the Moray coast. Ian Macleod runs Tamdhu alongside Glengoyne and Rosebank. Water is drawn from the Tamdhu Spring on the Speyside site. The distillery was built on a spot once known for illicit distilling. A full, fruity spirit gives Tamdhu the weight to carry active sherry wood. An in house cooperage was set up in 2019 to manage its sherry casks.

At 53.4%, undiluted, it is deep and sherried. The Oloroso brings fig, date and a gingered oak. The mouthfeel is rich, the fruit carried on a sherried body. A long, sherried finish carries a nutty depth. This is a deep, fruity Speyside single malt.