Teaninich was built in the early 19th century and was eventually bought by blenders Munro & Cameron in 1895. Their managers later sold the distillery to DCL in 1933, and to this day the distillery is part of the Diageo operations. The distillery mainly focuses on supplying the company's many blends, and the 10-year-old Flora & Fauna is the distillery's only permanent bottling, with only a handful of rare official releases appearing alongside it over the years. The majority of Teaninich single malt has therefore appeared under independent labels like this one.

This 13-year-old Teaninich was distilled on 25 March 2008. The whisky matured for 13 years in a First Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel before bottling on 1 April 2021. The independent bottler (The Single Cask) decided to bottle it at cask strength 53.8%.

Tasting notes:

Colour: Straw yellow.

Nose: Nice grainy nose where the malt character is clearly present. Some hay or perhaps better freshly cut grass with notes of freshly baked croissants. Hint of lemon cake.

Flavour: Full-bodied but wonderfully fresh. Again a fresh granular character where lemon cake is perhaps the best name for the flavour. With a fine spicy underlay, though.

Finish: This is where Teaninich's oily character emerges. Older Clynelish bottlings have this too. A full and creamy layer remains on the palate. Mmmmm