Tamnavulin 20 Year Old 1989 Old Malt Cask Douglas Laing

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 1977 Inchedemmie Dew

I could not find a lot of information on this bottle. It would seem that a certain Mr Gray bottled this for his Inchedemmie Villa in Forres, near Elgin. I have no clue who Mr Gray was, but by the looks of it, I would venture this was bottled somewhere in the early 1990s. It smells fairly young on sweet malt, yellow apples, peach and dandelions....

Score 82/100

Tamnavulin 10yo (80's miniature)

The last distillery on my list that begins with the letter ‘T’, appropriately enough also the youngest distillery build in Scotland from the T-class. Maybe Torabhaig, the newcomer from the magnificent Isle of Skye can change all that. With little to no news on this project’s progress, we can only guess when that will be. Now to the matter at hand,...

Score 77/100

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