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April 24, 2025
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T.T.T. (Three Occasions Tamdhu)
An affordable little headline meant as a tribute to the T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune) by the good jazz pianist Invoice Evans. Just a few days in the past, we have been speaking with a really disheartened American pal concerning the state of his nation, and it appears I moderately lifted his spirits by saying, “America can be the music of Invoice Evans” regardless that the latter left this world forty-five years in the past.
Proper, anyway, we do like Tamdhu, that’s a truth, even when we’re usually cautious of the little NAS expressions like the primary one we’re about to style. Maybe the final survivors of the ‘high-tide’ interval the market went by means of for a very good fifteen years, proper up till the quick post-Covid months…
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Invoice Evans, 1929-1980
(publicity picture Steve Schapiro) |
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Tamdhu ‘Cuatro Reserva’ (41.2%, OB, +/-2024) 
Not wildly keen on these barely daft ABV decimals that appear designed to lull your unconscious into believing this was bottled at pure energy, however let’s not dwell… Color: gentle gold. Nostril: moderately charming, malty and leaning in direction of brown ale, walnut wine, frivolously singed cake, a contact of menthol, darkish chocolate, and on the spot espresso granules… Actually fairly nice, actually. Mouth: good begin, with notes of orange and walnut, extra beer, ideally Belgian for those who please, even a nod to stout, however the energy is just too timid and it lacks a little bit of spine due to that, tending to nosedive and turning into a contact bitter and flattish. End: pretty brief and dry. Espresso grounds, scorched nuts, dried parsley. Feedback: it’s great things however a disgrace actually, this is able to’ve been higher even at 43%. Superb, 43.2% for those who insist.
SGP:351 – 81 factors. |
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Tamdhu 12 yo (43%, OB, +/-2024) 
We moderately appreciated this one the final time, again in 2021. Color: gold. Nostril: drier than the Cuatro and the like, much less expressive maybe however displaying higher magnificence, nearer to barley, fruit, apples, quinces, stewed fruit, wholemeal bread, bitter chocolate, farmhouse cider and a contact of baker’s yeast. Forgot to say some Oloroso-esque touches as nicely. Mouth: very a lot old-school Speyside in pure type, sherry clearly concerned right here, with walnut cake, orange marmalade, a discreet dab of mustard, gingerbread, a whisper of ginger ‘with magnificence’, cider once more, and crème brûlée… In brief, nothing to complain about, actually great things in my modest opinion. End: pleasantly lengthy, with extra spices, ginger, nutmeg, brown ale, a touch of inexperienced wooden, and yeast. Feedback: dry and precisely as I remembered it. That stated, I’ve all the time most popular the 10-year-old, although sadly it’s not on the tasting desk this time.
SGP:451 – 84 factors. |
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Tamdhu 10 yo 2013/2014 (57.9%, Alistair Walker’s Rare Flyers, PX puncheon, cask #800069, 698 bottles) 
No have to panic, it’s solely a light-weight PX end. Frankly, I believe there’s extra PX in our whiskies today than in all of the precise Pedro Ximénez bottles on earth. Nicely, nearly, and to be truthful, a few of these PX finishes are moderately good. Color: reddish amber. Nostril: ah, intelligent stuff—PX properly built-in, veering in direction of nearly saline notes, walnut cake, dried bananas and figs, turrón, chicory-laced espresso, and roasted pecans. A pleasing shock. With water: not an enormous change, maybe a barely savoury, meaty edge, verging on glutamate, with some very darkish, damp earth. Mouth (neat): oh sure, that’s good—darkish chocolate with fleur de sel, darkish tobacco, a splash of espresso liqueur spiced with pepper, a contact of mole sauce… Cleverly accomplished and structurally sound. With water: roasted walnuts and but extra salt. Impeccable. End: lengthy, full-bodied, saline, malty, leaning in direction of brown ale. Feedback: this talks. A beautiful vary I’m not nicely acquainted with, although I actually should pay extra consideration to it. Good to have objectives in life, isn’t it.
SGP:462 – 87 factors. |
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