Tamnavulin 40 Year Old Anniversary Selection Speciality Drinks

Tamnavulin 40 Year Old 1968 Carn Mor

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 years of maturation it still has an ABV of 40,6%. Soft, round and honeysweet nose. Quince, marzipan, vanilla, oranges. The vanilla becomes louder...

Score 88/100

Tamnavulin 25 Year Old 1991 WhiskyBroker

Boy, this is only my tenth Tamnavulin. Not really a distillery that appears on my radar often. That has everything to do with the fact that the standard range does not really inspire me. Obviously, the lion’s share disappears into the blends from Whyte & Mackay, Crawfords and Mackinlay’s, to name a few. I wonder if this independent bottling of...

Score 82/100

Tamnavulin 28 Year Old 1988 A.D. Rattray

For my thirteenth encounter with this distillery, I selected a 28 years old Tamnavulin that was distilled in 1988 and bottled at cask strength in 2016 by A.D. Rattray. It’s not easy to find official Tamnavulin. It’s a young workhorse (only founded in 1966) for the blenders, mostly White & Mackay. They own the distillery, by the way. The nose...

Score 79/100

Tamnavulin 21 Year Old 1989 Duncan Taylor Rare Old

Tamnavulin means 'mill on the hill’. The Speyside distillery is the property of Whyte & Mackay, who close dit from 1995 until 2007. The bulk of production is meant for the blenders, so not a lot of single malt is available. Luckily, I have a bottling from Duncan Taylor to taste from. It was distilled before Whyte & Mackay became owners....

Score 87/100