Tamnavulin 28 Year Old Stillman's

Tamnavulin 21 Year Old 1989 A.D. Rattray

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 in 1966 for the purpose of producing whisky for the renewed demand for blends. Mostly for Whyte & Mackay, but also for Crawfords and...

Score 84/100

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

Tamnavulin 21Yr Old Signle Cask

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 operation producing around 4 million litres of spirit each year. Very pale in colour, the palest 21 yr I can remember seeing. Bottled as an...

Score 87/100

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