Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask Tamdhu 1997 (20 year old) 54.6%
Bourbon Hogshead 307089/ Dist: May 1997 Btl: Oct 2017/ Tasted: Dec 2017
Aromas of white fruit, ginger root and white liquorice. Lightly peppered with waxy apple and barley. Subtle, lightly creamy oak comes through along with some malt laden oils but damn, that’s peppery. Late straw and husky barley.
The palate is full and barley’d with mature honey and surprise…. pepper! Hints of white liquorice, fennel, anise, menthol, eucalyptus, dark chocolate and some slightly bitter tannins. Very entertaining and intense with a subtle ‘Bourbony’ oak finish and lingering pepper.
Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask Tamdhu 1997 (20 year old) 57.3%
Bourbon Hogshead 576073/ Dist: 1997 Btl: Aug 2018/ Tasted: Aug 2018
The nose is quite tight, crisp, granity and herbal. Hints of barley, apricot, honey and creamy oak appear with time.
The palate is quite tight as well with apricot, apple, cinnamon, ginger, barley and oak. Very citric and mineral on the middle, which is obviously amplified by the alcohol. Long and creamy with the oak showing a subtle maturity and a buttery side.
A drop of water opens up the nose and it now shows some lovely sugar coated orange, tangerine and kiwi skin. Beautifully succulent and juicy with barley, cinnamon sticks, pepper and subtler, more toffee’d oak. On the palate the citrus is toned down a bit and the oak is more toffee’d and less buttery. Hints of herbal pepper and menthol on the middle and a long, peppery and subtle lemony/ mineral finish.
Carn Mor Strictly Limited Tamdhu 2008 (7 year old) 46%
Bourbon Hogshead/ Dist: 2008 Btl: 2015/ Tasted: Mar 2015
A lovely, fresh and grassy nose with sweet barley, citrus and sweet pollen dust. Bright and breezy witjh hints of honey, straw and dried grape.
The palate is quite full and barley’d with a little more toffee’d oak showing. A crisp, mineral; and citrus note balances and hints of grass and thick honey follow. Very mouth-filling and long with lingering barley, white fruit and citrus. Finally exiting with a brief mocha and stony note. A delightfully light Spey with plenty of depth.
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