Stoic Drinker’s Notes
2014-07-29 | Good/Very Good

Tamdu 1958 42 Year Old Hart Brothers

Tamdu TAMDHU 1958 42yo HART BROTHERS 40.8%
Bottle #タムデュー(TAMDHU)
This is an ultra-long aged Tamdu distilled in the 1950s. Tamdu TAMDHU 1958 42yo HART BROTHERS 40.8% The aroma is elegant and estery, with a significant sense of aging, featuring notes of white peach, orange, cream, and vanilla. Upon drinking, it has a very soft mouthfeel, with an elegant and diverse range of fruits and syrupy sweetness. The body is light, slightly faded, but it leaves a long-lasting aftertaste in the mouth. [Good/Very Good] This Tamdu 1958, aged for 42 years, was bottled by Hart Brothers. It is a rare malt distilled in the 1950s, with its alcohol content naturally dropping to just below 40% due to the long aging process. The aroma has a very strong sense of aging, with intense estery notes and a variety of fruits taking the lead. Elements such as barley or peat are barely noticeable. When tasted, it starts with an extremely soft mouthfeel typical of long-aged, low-alcohol malts, and the same estery and aged fruits as in the aroma are felt. It has a refined sweetness. The body is light, and it's hard to deny that it feels slightly over-ripe and faded. However, the aftertaste is surprisingly long. This malt resembles types often found from Duncan Taylor, and the cask origin for this bottle may be in that area. #Tamdu (TAMDHU)