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Woodrow's Dufftown 14 Year Old


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Key Facts About This Single Malt Scotch

Bottler: Woodrow's of Edinburgh

Founder: Woody Tan

Range: Warehouse Reserve

Distillery: Dufftown

Age: 14 years old

Distilled: 04/03/2008

Bottled: 24/05/2022

Region: Speyside, Scotland

Spirit: Single malt scotch

Cask Type: Finished in a first fill Oloroso Sherry hogshead for 20 months

Cask Ref: 900705313

Alcohol by Volume: Cask strength at 53.4%

Bottled: Natural colour and without chill filtration

Outturn: 223 bottles

Bottle Size: 700ml

Dufftown 14 Year Old Tasting Notes

Woody's tasting notes

Nose: Dark chocolate, cinnamon buns, marzipan, honeycomb, Christmas pudding with sweet maltiness.

Palate: Chocolate truffles, nutmeg, sultanas, walnuts, cinnamon and a touch of espresso with brown sugar and tobacco.

Finish: Dark chocolate, dry tannins, with warming spice.

Ed's review

Colour: Natural colour, rich mahogany

Nose: Blackberries and redcurrants with autumnal red apples. Sticky toffee pudding with dark dates. Malt loaf.

Palate: Medium mouthfeel. Rich, fruity and heavily sherried. Currents, raisins, and dates with brown sugar. A little Christmas spice with nutmeg and cinnamon. Well-integrated alcohol adds body and complexity, without burn.

Finish: Long finish, again with heavily sherried fruit character, and a dark chocolate note. Rich and welcomes another sip.

Overall: A wonderful sherried dram, delicious.

About this Woodrow's whisky

Woodrow's of Edinburgh introduces a 14-year-old Dufftown single malt as part of their Warehouse Reserve range, crafted by founder Woody Tan. Distilled on March 4, 2008, and bottled on May 24, 2022, this Speyside whisky highlights Dufftown’s smooth and approachable style, enhanced by expert finishing. After initial maturation, it spent 20 months in a first-fill Oloroso sherry hogshead (cask 900705313), adding layers of dried fruits, nuts, and warm spice to its profile. Bottled at cask strength (53.4%), with natural colour and no chill filtration, it’s a bold and authentic expression. With an outturn of just 223 bottles, this is an enticing release for lovers of sherried Speyside whiskies.

Woodrow's of Edinburgh
Woody Tan, Founder of Woodrow's of Edinburgh

Meet The Founder

Woody Tan

Originally from Hong Kong, Woody Tan has lived in Scotland since 2011. He studied an MSc in Brewing and Distilling at Heriot-Watt University, and then went into the cask trade and warehouse keeping. While looking after casks, he started to discover gems that he felt had to be shared with fellow whisky lovers. He bottles these special casks under his Woodrow’s of Edinburgh label.

Woody has an excellent palate, and a knack for uncovering really flavoursome casks. He’s also a wizard when it comes to cask experiments, and has released some interesting cask-finished whiskies.