Tamnavulin 15 Yrs (Christmas Edition)

In 1966 this large Speyside distillery was built by a consortium named Tamnavulin-Glenlivet Distillery Company, part of Invergordon Distillers Ltd. In 1993 Whyte & Mackay purchased the latter and decided two years later to mothball Tamnavulin. It would take 12 years and a couple of takeovers before the distillery went full steam ahead. Since 2014 Whyte & Mackay is owned by Emperador Inc. Until fairly recently Tamnavulin was mainly a backbone component for Whyte & Mackay’s blended Scotch, but is presently available as a fine single malt.

Water source: Various local springs

Malt source: Commercial maltsters

Capacity: 4 million litres of alcohol per annum

Location: Tomnavoulin, Speyside

TBC

Dried fruit, raisins, a nose-drying tannic influence, woody, slightly musty with
cloves. Watered down at 48.8% the tannic edge and the mustiness are gone, and the dram is now clearly fruity, with the smell of cigar boxes, chestnut paste and cherry pipe tobacco in the mix.