Distillery
Tamnavulin
Tamnavulin is a Speyside distillery (Tomnavoulin, Scotland) known for a single malt with a sweet, soft and fruity style. It operates as a brand of Whyte & Mackay and specializes in expressions initially matured in ex-bourbon barrels and finished in a variety of wine and sherry casks.
- Tomnavoulin (Ballindalloch) · Speyside (Scotland) · United Kingdom
- Since 1966
The story
The Tamnavulin distillery was built in the 1960s (opened in 1966) to meet demand for malts destined for blends. After a closure in 1995, the site was refurbished and reopened in the late 2000s. In recent years the brand has relaunched a range of official single malts (including Double Cask, Sherry Cask and several Cask Editions) and has expanded experiments with finishes in wine and port barrels.
Production philosophy
Combining tradition and modernity to produce a typically Speyside single malt: a sweet, soft and fruity profile. The house focuses on double maturation (primary maturation in ex-bourbon followed by finishing in a second type of cask) to create distinctive flavour pairings.
Territory
Speyside (Tomnavoulin, Glenlivet) on the banks of the River Livet, in the Grampian/Cairngorms region, Scotland.
Production method
The process begins with milling of malted barley, followed by mashing using local spring water, fermentation in washbacks with added yeast, distillation in copper pot stills and maturation. The common practice is primary maturation in ex-bourbon barrels (American white oak) with subsequent finishing in a second cask chosen to complete the aromatic profile.
Distillation
Distillation in copper pot stills; reported configuration: wash stills and spirit stills (traditional pot still setup).
Ageing
Primary maturation in ex-bourbon barrels (American white oak) followed by a period of finishing in a selected second cask (sherry, red or white wine barrique, port/tawny casks, etc.).
Characteristics
- Type
- Distillery
- City
- Tomnavoulin (Ballindalloch)
- Categories
- Speyside single malt
- Scotch whisky
- whisky with double maturation
- editions with finishes in wine and sherry casks
- travel retail / cask editions
- Raw materials
- malted barley
- spring water
- Casks and ageing vessels
- American ex-bourbon (American white oak)
- Oloroso sherry casks
- Tempranillo red wine casks
- Cabernet Sauvignon red wine casks
- Sauvignon Blanc (white wine) casks
- Port (tawny) casks
- Representative products
- Tamnavulin Double Cask
- Tamnavulin Sherry Cask
- Tamnavulin Red Wine Cask Edition (Cabernet Sauvignon)
- Tamnavulin Tempranillo Cask Edition
- Tamnavulin Port Cask Edition
- Tamnavulin Sauvignon Blanc Cask Edition
What makes it distinctive
- Speyside distillery founded in 1966
- Reopened and refurbished after the 1990s closure (operational restart and investments from 2007)
- Brand managed by Whyte & Mackay (part of the Alliance Global / Emperador group)
- Famous for the 'double maturation' approach and for the dedicated Cask Editions (Tempranillo, Cabernet, Port, Sauvignon Blanc, Oloroso etc.)
- Double Cask launched as a core expression in 2016
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