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.
Was introduced to it during a NHS clap by a neighbour Immediately liked the smoothness. I love the tasting notes but find the descriptions of it a bit OUT. You have a nice drink, let people discover without suggesting what they might not find.
.... Although it's an easy one for the beginners. I recommend if you never had tried any kind of whisky before. Its not strong and enjoyable. Doesn't taste chocolate or Christmas pudding at all, but it does have a spice flavour in the end.
Tamnavulin Double Cask was our single malt of choice when a group of us toured Scotland in the Spring of 2019. We want to buy a case for our personal consumption, but have been unsuccessful. I understand that you are endeavouring to export it to Canada, but that may take another full year. Each year, the Calgary Burns Club (of which I am a life member & past President), holds a Burns Supper for upwards of 500 gentlemen and each year we try to feature an outstanding and reasonably priced single malt. We'd dearly love to feature TDC at next January's dinner.
Quite a nice drink for the price. Has a nice deep chocolate finish.
It tastes and smells no better than Teachers firewater that I reluctantly drank in the '60s. I'm not naturally inclined to Speyside anyway, but this had virtually no nose and was very ordinary in the mouth. Quite where the descriptors above originate, I have absolutely no idea. Take me back to Islay!
