Douglas Laing Old & Rare Platinum Selection.

Very highly regarded single sherry butt bottling of Tamdhu from Douglas Laing. Bottled at full strength.

232 bottles. Tamdhu distillery is due to be monthballed in 2010.

Richy perfumed, spiced, with old furniture polish, burnt orange, cloves and light wood smoke on the nose – move onto an initially dry palate (from its Sherry heritage) which opens over the next few seconds to a spiced and macerated (Rummy?) fruit – almost Gluhwein style. The finish is just so big, rich, spiced, fruited and darkly (Muscovado) sugar in style!

Tamdhu

Tamdhu Distillery was founded in 1896, designed by Charles Doig and opened in 1897 with two stills. Tamdhu was astutely situated in the Speyside whisky region adjacent to the Strathspey Railway line and thus very well connected to the booming whisky world. Four stills in 1972 up to six in 1975 in order to cope with the increasing demand for Famous Grouse and Cutty Sark blends of scotch. When the railway closed in 1965 the ticket office was subsequently converted into a visitor centre and the distillery became a founding member of the Speyside Whisky Trail. But the Tamdhu Distillery visitor centre closed and then the distillery itself in March 2010 and with it the last working Saladin malting boxes in Scotland. A year later and  Ian Macleod Distillers purchased Tamdhu Distillery and thus its working life is assured.