Teaninich 27 años 1982 Old Malt Cask Douglas Laing

Teaninich 39 Year Old 1973 Malts of Scotland

This Teanininch is terra incognita for both Malts of Scotland and myself. There is a first time for everything, eh? Whether it is wise for me to taste a 39 Year Old as my first is debatable, but I will not let the opportunity pass me by. Teaninich can be found close to Dalmore, just north of Inverness. For a long time it was run by the infamous...

Score 85/100

Teaninich 10 Year Old

Teaninich is advertised as a light, fresh whisky, but all I get from it are raw chemicals. Even after repeated attempts and dilution with a splash of water the whisky doesn't open up to me. The taste is dominated by raw alcohol and heavy oil, almost diesel-like in its characteristic. Either it's a hastily produced concoction with little to no...

Score 30/100

Teaninich Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice 14 Year Old

Nose: Somewhat closed and uncomplicated with banana and custard notes playing hide and seek. Palate: Light body with BIG surge of oak which drowns out initial barley sweetness. Spices late. A bit hot. Chewy. Finish: Fairly long with tannins and spice predominating. Warming. This is an uneven whisky with too much oak. It does improve with...

Score 81/100

Teaninich 14 Year Old 1991 Gordon& Macphail

This Teaninich was distilled in 1991 and put to sleep on a refill sherry butt. Gordon & Macphail cut it to 46% and released it under their well-known Connoisseurs Choice label. The nose starts grassy, sweet and sour with vanilla, caramel, butterscotch, some peach, mandarin and a hint of banana. Quite a bit more complexity than in his younger...

Score 85/100