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.
Very smooth and easy to drink
Incredible stuff, really, really sweet, which I guess is very much what the palate describes. Love it, but I think a more than 2 or 3 and you'd be entering heart burn territory.
... smooth chocolate notes ... like it a lot ...
Disappointed in this. Smells very alcoholic and tastes more like a blended whiskey. My head did not like it the next day! Glad I only paid £20 and will be keeping it for cocktails as it is not nice enough to drink straight.
Very slightly casked, very very slightly oaked. Ticks a few of the right boxes but a little bit pishy and nothingy overall. But then its often quite cheap and on offer for not much more than £20 so musnt grumble too much at that price. Let someone else buy it for you while you spend £20 on a half decent sherry. Or whatever.
