{"product_id":"tamdhu-16-year-old-douglas-laing-old-particular-2004-single-cask-dl14411-2020-70cl","title":"Tamdhu 16 Year Old Douglas Laing Old Particular 2004 Single Cask DL14411 (2020) 70cl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 28px;\"\u003eTamdhu 16 Year Old Douglas Laing Old Particular 2004 Single Cask DL14411 (2020) 70cl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 of 343 bottles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTamdhu is a whisky distillery in Knockando, Morayshire, Scotland and is located in the Speyside whisky region. It is located next to the Knockando, Cardhu and Dailuaine distilleries. The name is derived from the Gaelic and means small dark hill. The distillery was founded in 1897 and sold to Highland Distillers \u0026amp; Co just two years later. It was temporarily closed from 1927 to 1947. The malthouse was renovated in 1951 and in 1972 the number of stills was increased from two to four. The capacity was expanded again to six stills three years later. In June 2011 the whisky distillery was acquired by the independent bottler Ian MacLeod.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow here we have a delicious single casked bottling from Douglas Laing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003eTasting Notes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNose : Opens with orange chewy sweets, new leather, toasted oak and runny dark chocolate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePalate : Juicy Plums, sultanas, bbq'd banana, jam doughnuts and a fresh ginger spice\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinish : Long, with all of the above wrapped into sticky toffee pudding and whipped cream (CGL)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout Tamdhu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA major player in blends such as The Famous Grouse and Cutty Sark, Tamdhu was also the spiritual home of the lesser seen (but high quality) Dunhill blend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough a few official single malt bottlings appeared, including a light-bodied 10-year-old, Tamdhu could hardly be regarded as a frontline player. It has a fragrant fruitiness with notes of honey and apple but sufficient weight to cope with ageing in ex-Sherry casks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike neighbouring Knockando, this is another late 19th century railway distillery which has quietly provided fillings for blends ever since. It was built in 1897 by a group of blenders headed by William Grant who was both a director of Highland Distillers and, handily enough, on the board of the Elgin bank. The famous distillery designer Charles Doig was the architect. ‘[It is] perhaps the most efficient and designed distillery of its era,’ wrote Alfred Barnard in 1898.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHighland Distillers (now Edrington) purchased it outright in 1899, but like many sites it had a rocky time, closing from 1927 and remaining silent for two decades. Soon after its reopening, the old floor maltings were replaced with 10 Saladin boxes, each capable of holding 22 tons of malt. This would become the last site in Scotland to retain this method of malting and was one of the few distilleries in the modern era to malt all of its own requirements (the others being Springbank, Glen Ord and more recently, Roseisle). As well as its own needs, it supplied all of the malt for Glenrothes and the unpeated component of Highland Park’s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTamdhu grew substantially in the 1970s with four stills added to the original pair, while a change in wood policy in the 1990s saw it being filled exclusively into Edrington’s bespoke ex-Sherry casks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSomewhat surprisingly, Edrington mothballed it in 2010, but two years later, Ian MacLeod stepped in. The firm has since installed new washbacks, built new warehouses, opened a visitors' centre (in the old Dalbeallie station) and released a 100% Sherried 10-year-old. Older releases are planned.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e48.4% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tamdhu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54524534653253,"sku":"5014518817140","price":149.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/9495\/8661\/files\/4643657840_3cb323d6-c768-4e17-a8ee-77802c2db904.jpg?v=1746553211","url":"https:\/\/b1yyjg-bk.myshopify.com\/products\/tamdhu-16-year-old-douglas-laing-old-particular-2004-single-cask-dl14411-2020-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation Old","version":"1.0","type":"link"}