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18 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Category: Speyside Single Malt Scotch

Date Tasted:
Country: Scotland
Alcohol: 46.8%
93 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$199

Tamdhu
18 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Category: Speyside Single Malt Scotch

Date Tasted:
Country: Scotland
Alcohol: 46.8%
Amber color. Aromas of iodine, dried honey granola, wool, and buttered toast with an dryish medium-to-full body and a warming, interesting, medium-length vanilla custard, sweet cherry yogurt, allspice, and fruitcake finish. Warm and lightly spiced with notes of vanilla custard and fruit, this cozy Speyside Scotch practically picks out your favorite sweater for you.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Complex
Aroma Aroma: iodine, dried honey granola, wool, and buttered toast
Taste Flavor: vanilla custard, sweet cherry yogurt, allspice, and fruitcake
Smoothness Smoothness: Warming
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, neat and with cigars
Cocktail Cocktails: Rusty Nail, Rob Roy, Blood & Sand
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Warm and lightly spiced with notes of vanilla custard and fruit, this cozy Speyside Scotch practically picks out your favorite sweater for you.
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The Producer or Importer

Rémy Cointreau USA Inc.

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1290 Avenue of the Americas, 10th Floor
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Speyside Single Malt Scotch

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Serve in a Glencairn Scotch Whisky Glass
About
Speyside Single Malt Scotch
Speyside refers whisky made by the 50+ distilleries near the river Spey in the Scottish highlands. These distilleries are noted for their use of refilled, ex-Sherry casks in the maturation of their whiskies. The Sherry casks imparts telltale fruit and nut tones to the final whisky.

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Tamdhu 18 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky rating was calculated by to be 93 points out of 100 on 6/24/2026. Please note that MSRP may have changed since the date of our review.