Ian Macleod Distillers, one of Scotland’s leading independent family-owned distillers, blenders and bottlers, is releasing an outstanding Tamdhu Speyside Single Malt Single Cask exclusively with Avolta for Heathrow, to mark the UK hub airport’s 80th birthday celebrations.
Coinciding with Avolta’s annual global whisky festival in World Duty Free stores known this year as The Whisky Collective, the Tadhg Single Cask #975 is a rare sherry hogshead from 2009, which yielded only 304 bottles. The 17 year old expression celebrates the dedicated Spanish sherry oak heritage of Tamdhu Single Malt. Matured exclusively in a hand selected European oak first-fill Oloroso sherry cask and stored in the cool shadows of the distillery’s traditional dunnage warehouses, Tamdhu Single Cask 70cl (RRP £249) was bottled un-chill-filtered at 57.7% abv. It is entirely natural in colour and each individually numbered bottle is presented in an outstanding display gift box.
This 17yo single cask suggests dried fruits and toasted marshmallows on the nose, conjures up blackberries, orange and lemon balm on the palate and has a long finish with rich sherried fruits and pleasant tannins.
Avolta Global Category Head of Liquor, David de Miguel says: “We are pleased to partner with Ian Macleod Distillers on this exclusive Tamdhu Single Cask release at Heathrow. With its rarity, distinctive sherry cask character and clear appeal to whisky enthusiasts, it is a fitting addition to this year’s Whisky Collective and to Heathrow’s 80th birthday celebrations.”
Heathrow Retail Director, Fraser Brown says: “We are pleased to mark both Heathrow’s 80th birthday and the launch of World Duty Free’s annual whisky festival with the introduction of this Tamdhu Single Cask, created exclusively for our passengers. This release highlights the strength of our partnerships with Ian Macleod Distillers and Avolta and our shared ambition to bring rare, high-quality whiskies to travel retail. As the UK’s only hub airport, Heathrow is proud to provide a global stage for distinctive Scotch whisky that reflects the best of British craftsmanship.”
“We are thrilled to showcase our single cask expertise with the introduction of this remarkable Tamdhu single cask to World Duty Free and its customers at Heathrow airport,” says Ian Macleod Distillers’ Head of Global Travel Retail, William Ovens. “Tamdhu only releases a handful of these exemplary single casks every year. Cask #975 is the pinnacle of sherry cask maturation, appealing to sherry cask whisky connoisseurs worldwide.”
An artisanal Scotch malt whisky, Tamdhu sits on the banks of the River Spey, where it is exclusively matured in sherry-seasoned casks, crafted in the cooperages and bodegas of Jerez for up to six years. Launched into Global Travel Retail in 2018, Tamdhu is the only Single Malt Scotch Whisky dedicated to maturing exclusively in Oloroso sherry casks.
