Tullibardine 1968

Tullibardine 1976 SIngle Cask Edition #3160

For my twentieth encounter with Tullibardine I chose an official bottling from the Single Cask Edition. Hogshead #3160 yielded 227 bottles at cask strength. It was released in 2010 and is nowhere to be found anymore. While the label simply states ‘hogshead’, a second with your nose in the glass will tell you that this was most likely a sherry...

Score 87/100

Tullibardine 22 Year Old 1993 Highland Laird

Tullibardine, along the A9 halfway between Stirling and Perth, is sometimes called the ugly duck among distilleries. It looks like building blocks without a pagoda. But that says little – actually nothing – about the quality of their spirit. This one was distilled in 1993 and bottled at cask strength in Bartel Rawlings International’s Highland...

Score 83/100

Tullibardine 1975

Tullibardine from the 1970s: I have not tried many. The only two – both from 1973 – were tasted at a friend’s birthday party (he was born in 1973). Now I have a Tullibardine 1975 in my glass, an official release from 2007. The nose is succulent off the bat: fruity and sweet, but it does not last long. Quickly some notes of hay and wood shavings...

Score 87/100

Tullibardine 1993 Sauterne Wood Finish

Tullibardine has already released three vintages on Sauterne Wood (that should read Sauternes with an ‘s’ at the end of course): a 13 Year Old bottled in 2006, this 15 Year Old bottled in 2008 and a 16 Year Old bottled in 2010, which I have tried (and liked) already. The nose is very fresh. It is spring in the glass. Soft and oily with all kinds...

Score 85/100