Berry's Tullibardine 1993

Tasting Notes

Andrew's Tasting Note

Nose: this is classic twenty-something Tulli, honeyed, fruity, and creamy; Maynard's Winegums, Starburst Fruit Candies and red licorice shoelaces; waxy with creamed honey, marzipan, and golden syrup; Honeynut Cornflakes, malted milk, and toasted coconut.

Palate: soft, malty, and honeyed with loads of toasted oak and crisp spices; more creamed honey, Malted Milk candy bars, marzipan, and Honeynut Cornflakes; still waxy and fruity, Starburst Fruit candies, Maynard's Winegums, and tallow wax candles.

Finish: buttery, decadent, warming, and waxy; stays creamy and toasty with more fruity and waxy tones; light and coating with a decent length.  

Comment: this a dangerously easy drinking malt with lots of layers and complexity; it has both spirit character and just enough cask influence to make it really interesting! 

Evan’s Tasting Note

Nose: Starch-driven, nutty and floral up front, with notes of roasted almonds and walnuts, canola oil, hibiscus, fresh parsley and a hint of fresh oregano, dried apple chips, peaches and cream, and vanilla yogurt.

Palate: Five Alive fruit juice, Ovaltine with marshmallows floating in it, camomile tea, and more hints of spicy oregano plus fresh parsnips and celeriac.

Finish: Nutty, juicy and surprisingly spicy with a hint of dryness.

Comment: This is a starch-driven, nutty and floral Tulli with nice light fruit notes. It is one of the best 20 to 30-year-old bottles from this distillery I have ever tasted.

Producer Tasting Note

"This whisky has a light floral aroma with notes of soft vanilla, traces of anise and honey. The palate is smooth and nicely rounded with layers of sweet fudge tablet laced with liquorice emerging. The finish is graceful and lingering."

Independent Bottler

One of our favourite independent bottlers, Berry Bros. & Rudd is a stored London-based firm which has resided at #3 St. James Street, a stone's throw from St. James Palace, since 1698. Primarily a wine merchant, they have also played a prominent role in the Scotch whisky industry. In addition to founding the Cutty Sark Blend, and managing the Glenrothes brand for 30 years, BBR is also an independent bottler. We have long been impressed not only by the quality of their independent bottlings, but also their value! 

Berry Bros. & Rudd in Their Own Words

With two Royal Warrants and more than 300 years of history, Berry Bros. & Rudd is Britain’s original wine and spirits merchant. 

We can trace our history back to 1698, when an enterprising woman called the Widow Bourne started an “Italian grocer’s” at No.3 St James’s Street, selling tea, snuff, spices and the most fashionable drink of the day, coffee. The sign of the coffee mill still hangs outside our premises at No.3 today, in tribute to our roots.

In due course, our focus shifted to something a little bit stronger. As wine became important to the business, so too did spirits, and we started bottling casks under our label in the early 19th century, making us Britain’s oldest independent spirits bottler. Three centuries on, the family business continues to flourish, with its heart still very much at No.3.

While much has changed over the years, we are still owned and managed by members of the Berry and Rudd families, and we continue to supply the British Royal Family, as we have done since the reign of King George III. We still, from time to time, weigh customers on a giant set of coffee scales, a tradition which began in the 1760s, with Lord Byron, William Pitt and Beau Brummell among those who have had their weights recorded in our ledgers. Most importantly, we still believe that everything you should look for in a wine or spirit comes down to one simple question: “Is it good to drink?”