Tamnavulin reviews

I must admit I had never heard of Tamnavulin until around 6 months ago. Scotland has many distilleries and this is one of those that happily hides in plain sight. Started in 1966 this is a very efficient…

I tried this Tamnavulin at the end of last year in Ghent and found it quite excellent. So I am very happy to have been able to score a sample to retry it in the quiet of my tasting room. After 40 long…

Tomnavoulin is a village in Speyside of which the name is Gaelic for ‘mill on the hill’. That is also where Tamnavulin Distillery got her name from. It is a very young distillery in fact, founded only…

Little seen. Little heard of but this is "the other 'vulin distillery". Normally the only bottles available are expensive relics of the 70s and 80s, but sometimes the UK's Whisky Exchange website gets…

lovely amber, slightly peated whiskey with a hint of sweetness to the finish, a very fine wiskey

This is the last Rare Auld i will be reviewing in this series. I saved the best for last, as this was by far the best of the bunch. I am fond of sherry, that is well known, but this wee dram, is a true…

Nose: malty start with grapey accents. Some pears. Becomes significantly more flowery and a lot sweeter after breathing. Vanilla. There’s also a vegetal side to it, like raw cabbage. That may seem str…