Tamnavulin 27 Year Old Stillman's

Master of Malt Tamnavulin Single Cask 16 Year Old

Really nice, complex nose, despite the high alcohol content. Without water: bitter oak, tannins, bit of smoke, tiniest hint of brine. Very spicy, with a gradually building finish that peaks nicely then fades. Slightly disappointing after the tremendous nose. With water:much more soft vanilla in the nose. Tones down the bitterness of the burnt wood...

Score 78/100

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 Duncan Taylor Rare Auld Tamnavulin 21 Sherry cask 3368

This is the last Rare Auld i will be reviewing in this series. I saved the best for last, as this was by far the best of the bunch. I am fond of sherry, that is well known, but this wee dram, is a true gem. No less. I do think it’s the first Tamnavulin i am reviewing officially, and it’s not the last if i have anything to do with it … So without...

Score 92/100

Tamnavulin Single Malts of Scotland 21YO

Little seen. Little heard of but this is "the other 'vulin distillery". Normally the only bottles available are expensive relics of the 70s and 80s, but sometimes the UK's Whisky Exchange website gets in the odd indie bottle of it. And this is one such example. Single cask, non-chill filtered and colouring-free, (they didn't really need...

Score 88/100