Taster

Nose: Lightly perfumed: fondant icing, sweet cereal, apricot jam, clove, almost like a light gold rum. Drier and grassier with water.

Palate: Silky. Nut and vanilla. Dries nicely in the middle. Flowers and spiciness on the back palate.

Finish: Soft and malty.

Comment: Just enough oak for structure. A real surprise for a distillery which can often be pretty bland.

Score: 7.8

Taster

Nose: Orange-flavoured boiled sweets. Citric but dry.

Palate: Orangey, resiny, but somehow constrained. Attenuated. Cork-like woodiness.

Finish: Musty. Quick.

Comment: Tamdhu is a pleasant, polite, whisky. Does it really have the stamina for such a marathon maturation?

Score: 7.8