Tamnavulin 17 Yrs (Christmas Edition)

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.

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