Raw materials
malted barley
spring water
Distillery
Tamnavulin
Explore the spirits, production style and story of 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.
Speyside single malt
Scotch whisky
whisky with double maturation
editions with finishes in wine and sherry casks
travel retail / cask editions
Producer range
Producer range Tamnavulin
Spirit categories
Speyside single malt
Scotch whisky
whisky with double maturation
editions with finishes in wine and sherry casks
travel retail / cask editions
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
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
Distillation and production
Distillation and production
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.).
Producer history Tamnavulin
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.
Tamnavulin
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