Tullibardine
9.6

Tullibardine

1970

ABV 40.5%

Pretty much how mainland Scotch whisky should taste (holds breath for price).

Joel Harrison

Specification

Tullibardine

Brand

Tullibardine

Bottler

1970

Expression

Single Malt

Type

No age statement

Age (Years)

2016

Year of Bottling

40.5%

ABV

Highland

Region/Country

Standard (Distillery or blended)

Bottling Type

Tasting Notes

Joel Harrison

Taster

Nose: In tasting flights of whisky, you wait for a nose like this: sweet strawberry yet with a hint of balsamic vinegar and cracked black pepper to balance it out.

Palate: Quite a wonderful palate of really well-aged malt whisky, hints of freshly chopped mint play with big oak tones and that strawberry flavour once again.

Finish: Jammy Dodger biscuits served with a Blood Sand made with vintage Scotch.

Comment: Pretty much how mainland Scotch whisky should taste (holds breath for price).

Score: 9.5

Chris Goodrum

Taster

Nose: Reeks of age. Elegant, malty, herbal and sweet with violet tinged incense and Armagnac dried prune, grape, fig and walnuts. Creamy vanilla balances with milk chocolate and green tea.

Palate: Complex mature malt, sherry and subtly sweet dates, plum and prune. Old Armagnac demeanour but the citrus adds a balancing freshness with hints of creamy vanilla.

Finish: Long, majestic and spiced (both sweet and dry) with vanilla and cigar/tea leaves.

Comment: Balanced and mature. Just how a sherry cask should be.

Score: 9.6

9.6
Overall Score

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