Teaninich 1983 23 Year Old First Cask Single Cask (2006) 70cl

1 of 640 bottles produced from a single butt.

A beautiful bottle of Teaninich Highlands whisky (pronounced Tee-Ninik)

The first cask editions that were distilled in the 70s and 80s bring a musky, older taste to what we have normally been used to trying at other places. today, the liquid in them is now more than 40 years in existence although of course, bottled at 23 years and whilst no additional aging occurs in the bottles, simply existing brings some slow changes in the whisky. Anyone who has opened a much older bottle will attest to this unexplained side of whisky post bottling.

Teaninich is a bit of a forgotten soul compared to many of it's Highland neighbours, being used as it is so much for blending. However there are many lovely bottlings if you dig around and this one looks to be one of them, especially considering the distillery really hits its stride during its 20s. Should be cracking whisky.

About Teanininch

Built in 1817, Teaninich was an early legal distillery, but as it was built by Napoleonic war hero and estate owner ‘Blind’ Captain Hugh Munro that’s no more than you would expect. He and his brother General John Munro were notable as being benign and caring landlords in a region which was brutally hit by the Highland Clearances [see Clynelish].

Another local man, John Ross, took the lease in 1869 and ran the site until 1895 when it was transferred to Elgin-based blenders Munro & Cameron. It was the trustees of the late Innes Cameron who sold Teaninich to DCL in 1933.

It has undergone regular expansion – larger stills were installed in 1946, before the pair were doubled in 1962. In 1970 a new distillery, Teaninch ‘A Side’, with six stills was built. The two parts ran simultaneously until 1984, when the original site (‘B Side’) was silenced.

The same thing is about to happen all over again. Teaninich’s capacity is due to double to 9m litres per annum and there are plans to build a separate 10m litres per annum distillery on the same site.

46% ABV

70cl