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Teaninich 8 Year Old Diageo Special Release 2025 Review

What happens when a Scottish distillery experiments with rye grain for the first time? Teaninich's bold 2016 experiment delivers surprising fruity complexity.

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8
$96
  • Ed Leigh is the founder of TopWhiskies.com and an expert in independent bottlers.
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Tasting Notes

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Teaninich Daring Rye is an 8 Year Old limited edition and one of eight whiskies in Diageo’s Special Releases 2025. This is an interesting whisky in that it’s their first single grain Scotch whisky made using rye, an experiment from 2016 that used an unusual mash of malted rye and barley. Matured in ex-bourbon casks, it’s been bottled at 60.3% ABV.
Appearance:
Pale straw with tight beading and prominent legs around the side of the glass.
Nose:
Full of fruit with notes of apple, pear, redcurrant, lemon and orange. Vanilla, cream, and a hint of sweetness from honey, balanced against savoury cereal. Oak and wood spice towards the back.
Palate:
Medium mouthfeel. Rich, sweet fruit with more apple, pear, and redcurrant, along with the citrus notes of orange and lemon. Honeyed sweetness and a slight buttery quality. Vanilla, oak and wood spice.
Finish:
Medium to long and modest in nature, but well composed. Fruit moves through cereal towards oak and wood spice at the conclusion
Comments:
Something quite different, and a tasty something at that.

Editor’s Note: This whiskey was either bought as a sample by The Whiskey Wash or provided to us as a review sample by the party behind it. Per our editorial policies, this in no way influenced the outcome of this review.

Ed Leigh

Ed Leigh is a recognized authority on independent bottlers and artisan Scotch whisky. In 2019, he founded TopWhiskies.com, a specialist retailer dedicated to promoting these often family-run businesses and showcasing their small-batch releases. Based in London, Ed holds certifications in both wine and spirits from The Wine & Spirit Education Trust.

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