Tamnavulin

   

Tamnavulin distillery

Region: Speyside

Location: Tomnavoulin, Ballindalloch, Banffshire

Status: Operational (owned by United Spirits)

General whisky characteristics: Very vegetal and grassy

More great distillery info here thanks to Malt Madness

Distillery photo with kind permission by Teun Van Wel

 

 

   

Tamnavulin, (OB), 12y, 40% ABV

Typical cost of this bottle; €€€€€

 
 

Glass: Spiegelau

Colour: light honey

Nose: Vegetal with raw potato and some kind of beans. Also grass, hay and stables.

Palate: Very grassy with straw and hay too.

Finish: Quite long and very vegetal.

Overall Impression: This is almost like sniffing my compost tip (vegetation only!) when I open it up in Spring after a long Winter.

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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