Tamdhu 10 Year Limited Edition

Big for 10yrs. Christmas pudding

Here’s another bottle that tempted me into opening it the other day: Tamdhu 10 LE. What’s this LE non-sense, you may ask? Well, Tamdhu released a couple of 10 year old bottlings a couple of years ago/last year aimed at grabbing more shelf space. One was a 40%-er and the other was 43%: aimed at the U.K. and worldwide (respectively). Fast forward to this Limited Edition (numbered to 1000), it’s a robust 46% and sourced from 100% first fill sherry casks. Take a fresh box of Sunbeam raisins and dump it on top of your favorite sherry-casked single malt and (BAM!) you’re very close to this delicious beast. It’s buttery smooth, with lots of dried vine fruits and light marshmallow. There’s a solid wood backbone that provides a cut off for the sweetness, unfortunately it brings the dram to a close quicker than I’d prefer, but it isn’t harsh and still allows the flavors to permeate every corner of your palate. Price after tariffs and international shipping killed the value rating ($165), but its still a very good sherry bomb. I’m not sure it bests the early Batch Strength offerings or the Dalbeallie Drams, but it’s nicer than the 10, 12 (and maybe 15) sitting on your local shelves. Buy with confidence. Cheers.