Tamnavulin Double Cask was the first release from the distillery since the 1990s! Over the past 20 or so years, the distillery changed hands from Invergordon Distillers to Whyte & MacKay, closed a few years later and reopened in 2007. Much of its single malt output is used in blends, but a few casks of single malt would sneak out as indie bottlings to allow us a rare taste of Tamnavulin - but now they've got their very own expression! They initially mature the whisky in American oak barrels before treating it to a finishing period in sherry casks.
Chocolate mousse, extra thick double cream with a dusting of brown sugar, stewed apples and blackberries.
Christmas pudding, chocolate brownies, yellow plum and toffee-coated barley.
Spiced rum sweetness lingers on the finish.
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Typical Speyside whisky , fruity notes with sweet marzipan and toffee . Ticks all the boxes as a non age statement malt whisky .
Now on my second bottle. Having spent most of 2020 and over half of 2021 exploring malt whiskies - over 50 different bottles I can safely say that this remains in my top 10 malts.
Just got a bottle of this, I love Sherry cask and had well over my fair share of them over the years. This is the worst I've tasted. It taste chemical and more like a bad blend... not Sherry nose or taste at any point. I would avoid so not to be disappointed.
I wanted to criticise this malt but, now on my second bottle, I cannot. It is now my basic easy-drinking malt. It doesn’t quite compare with more complex, highly rated malts with more age. Smooth, rounded, a touch of honeyed sweetness, with sherry cask complexity. What’s not to like (especially when available at £10 off on offer)?
Absolutely WONDERFUL! A complex yet wonderfully melled liquid that is SO Moreish!! A complete ”go-to” whisky that requires drinkingly repeated experiences so as to confirm ”how wonderful the taste and depth are!”
