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1st April 2015 |
According to
the World Whisky Awards Tamdhu not only
looks good, it tastes good.
 According
to the World Whisky Awards, Tamdhu
whisky not only looks good, it tastes
good also. The awards which is run by
the Whisky Magazine recently recognised
Tamdhu as a whisky that’s got it all in
terms of taste and design with two major
awards for its 10 Year Old Speyside
Single Malt: Best Speyside Single Malt
12 Years & Under and Best
Re-launch/Redesign for its iconic
bottle.
The awards were announced at the World
Drinks Awards reception in London, on
Wednesday 19th March 2015.
A host of leading distillers from the
whisky industry as well as journalists,
specialist drinks retailers, bartenders/mixologists
and hoteliers made up the judging panel
that awarded Tamdhu. Each entry was
blind tasted and marked to an agreed
system. As well as nose, palate and
finish the judges looked for balance,
character, complexity, quality and
functionality.
The design judging was conducted by a
panel of leading international design
experts. Judges assessed entries purely
on the quality of the design and
innovative use of materials and
production techniques. All entries were
scored against clearly defined criteria
including, breakthrough in category,
confidence, craft skills, insight and
inspiration.
I sampled the Tamdhu 10 year old when
it was re-launched by its new owners Ian
Macleod Distillers and to be honest I
was not very impressed with it at all,
as I detected some poor sherry casks in
the whisky so I have never been inspired
to pick up a bottle. It certainly has an
eye catching bottle design so I cant
argue with that award but perhaps I need
to give the whisky another try as going
by the WWA award it sounds like things
must have improved and there is always
room for a decent sherried Speyside dram
on the shelf.
Commenting on the awards, Iain Weir,
Marketing Director for Ian Macleod
Distillers (owners of Tamdhu), said, "We
are ecstatic to have won two awards for
our Tamdhu 10 Year Old at the World
Whiskies Awards. The iconic design and
quality of Tamdhu has received wide
recognition since it was re-launched in
May 2013 so we are delighted to have
been presented these awards.
"Tamdhu is matured in only the finest
sherry casks, many of which are first
fill and teeming with flavour. Patience
is then required to allow the casks to
do their work, giving Tamdhu its
wondrous natural colour and unique
quality.
"Its quality is further defined by the
hint of peat in our malted barley and
the water which is drawn directly from
the Tamdhu spring."
The World Whiskies Awards have been held
by Whisky Magazine every year since 2007
recognising whiskies from across Europe,
the US and Asia.
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