Cadenhead Small Batch Teaninich 2006

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Teaninich is one of the true sleeper distilleries. It's a giant in terms of production figures, but a ghost when it comes to being made available as a single malt. Even our mate Serge over at Whiskyfun has only reviewed a few dozen (all but four of them through independent bottlers). There's a simple reason for this. Blended whisky still makes up of the lion's share of Scotland's production, so by nature some distilleries' output is going to be almost entirely earmarked as little more than 'an ingredient' in the blender's recipe book. Sad, but true. But this is where we tip our hat to the independents... 87pts Whisky Fun.

In recent years we've seen more and more utterly spectacular Teaninichs hit the market. And when you combine a consistently excellent distillery with one of Scotland's finest (and oldest!) indie bottlers - Cadenhead - the results are bound to be brilliant.

Producer Tasting Note

Nose: Very sweet, buttered popcorn followed by a hint of citrus and fresh green apples

Flavour: Toffee ice cream, barley sugars and cereals.

Finish: Burnt sugar, coffee beans and icing sugar.

450 bottles from two Bourbon Hogsheads. 55.2% abv

Tasting Note (Serge, Whiskyfun)

Nose: lemon in porridge, plus ink and new magazines. The new IKEA catalogue. With water: gravel, coal pit, herbs, paper pulp. Mouth (neat): perfect. A blade, with barley syrup, lemon juice, paraffin, and grass. Not many elements, but the balance is perfect. With water: wonderfully straight. Finish: long, grassy, austere in a good way. Chalky sauvignon (don’t Cadenhead order sauvignon blanc in bulk? But shh… ) Comments: a tad minimal, but perfect. In a way, this is what I would expect from Japanese whisky. 87 points.

 

700 ml