The Single Cask Tullibardine 6 Year Old Sherry Cask Aged Whisky 700ml
Distillery: Tullibardine
Region: Highland, Scotland
Age: 6 years old
Year distilled: 2014
ABV: cask strength of 65.5%
Cask ref: 9900135
Cask type: Sherry Hogshead
Bottle outturn: 322
Bottle size: 700ml
WHISKY TASTING NOTES
Nose: Slightly savoury hints, followed by dense sherry, black pepper, raisins, malt, oak and cinnamon. With time, cigar leaves, apricots and cashews emerge.
Palate: More of the same as the sherry takes control, followed by savoury rancio hints, raisins, apricots, drying oak, malt and black pepper.
Finish: Medium to long finish and slightly spicier now, with the cinnamon being complemented by nutmeg and followed by drying oak, sherry, raisins, rancio and cigar leaves.
ABOUT
Tullibardine has somewhat been regarded as one of the more unfashionable distilleries in Scotland and while the official bottlings have not captured the imagination as much as one would have liked, it is no slouch when it comes to producing good quality whisky. This expression was distilled in 2014, matured in a first fill Oloroso hogshead for its entire life before being bottled at an eye-wateringly high natural cask strength of 65.5% abv by The Single Cask. The results, they say, speak for itself.