過去的Tamdhu,在愛丁頓的手裡一直沒什麼發揮,市面上少有Tamdhu 的裝瓶.
喝過幾個Gordon & MacPhail的裝瓶,最精采的應屬這支1973/2008 #3230 56%重雪莉原酒,現在的
Tamdhu已經被Ian MacLeod Distillers 收購了,我猜倉庫裡應該還躺了些老庫存,是不是有好物在可見的未來可以裝瓶出來?頗讓人期待.
這裡是WHISKYFUN的酒評
Tamdhu 1973/2008 (56%, Gordon & MacPhail, Reserve, cask #3230, 481 bottles) Colour: amber. Nose: wonderful at first nosing! High-end coffee/schnapps, raspberry ganache, gianduja and top-notch porridge (well, as far as porridge can be top-notch.) Something very pleasantly acid (slightly), balsamico from Modena (not the rot-tastic stuff one can find in most supermarkets), redcurrant jam, wet wood, chocolate… Very interesting nose. More red fruits and a little smoke come through after a few minutes. Not easy-easy and maybe a tad cerebral, but truly wonderful.
With water: it got immensely organic, with wet hay, ‘clean’ manure, mushrooms and green tea. Hints of asparagus. Quite beautiful if not very ‘classic’. Mouth (neat): a rather sumptuous sherry and truckloads of spices. Various peppers, a lot of cloves, gingerbread, red fruits (jams)… A bit too heavy and concentrated at full strength, though, so let’s try it with water again: right, it didn’t change a lot and just got a little easier to drink. But spices ahoy! Finish: long, all on spices and fruit jam. One to keep for Christmas eve? Comments: a big, wonderful Tamdhu, not easy at all but rather enthralling. SGP:653 – 91 points.
