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| Hello, that is certainly one of our (virtually) day by day tastings. Santé! |
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December 27, 2024
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4 younger indie Tamnavulin
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Throughout the festive season, we historically take pleasure in well-known names, however we additionally make some extent of together with lesser-known distilleries—bear in mind, certainly one of our mottos is “little names, huge whiskies”, though we are able to’t declare to have absolute proof of that, thoughts you. Immediately, we’ll be tasting Tamnavulin from Speyside, which, sadly, we don’t pattern fairly often. Over all these years, we’ve formally tasted solely about thirty of them—simply to present you an thought. It’s true that it has been slightly quiet, albeit intermittently, and was solely relaunched fairly not too long ago, in 2007.
We’ll begin with some ex-bourbon, after which, I imagine, we’ll have three ex-sherry casks.
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Tamnavulin 10 yo 2013/2024 (55.3%, Dràm Mor, refill bourbon, cask #110915, 225 bottles) 
Color: white wine. Nostril: completely excellent, damp chalk, grist, inexperienced apples and bitter cherries, then lemon and a touch of candle wax. With water: that recent new jumper vibe, plus paraffin and black cleaning soap. Mouth (neat): the purity of a recent and invigorating younger malt, no frills, barely rustic however crammed filled with fruit peels and lime, the entire turning into more and more natural and taut. No mercy given, and none required. With water: small white and yellow fruits awaken, white currants, inexperienced pear, and pepper (inexperienced and gray) … End: lengthy, natural, virtually sharp. A great deal of pepper. Feedback: pretty brutal, however one gladly yields to its charms. What one would possibly name a pure wee malt, excellent to your hipflask (the one with the cranium and the Indian Bikes emblem).
SGP:361 – 84 factors. |
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Tamnavulin 10 yo 2013/2024 (56.6%, James Eadie, UK unique, 1st fill Malaga hogshead, cask #373073)
Malaga! One goals of PX seco, the nice wine of Malaga in our view, slightly than the thicker and sweeter concoctions (although a few of these are wonderful too). Color: gold. Nostril: in any case, this was a circumspect ending, and we’re not buried underneath three tonnes of raisins. Fairly the other, as apples take the lead as soon as extra, together with chalk, limestone, cake, and some recent walnuts lurking within the background. With water: the chalk, grist, and recent wool return. This PX was very well-raised. Mouth (neat): there’s a contact of walnut cake, however it’s the spices that take centre stage, with inexperienced pepper and orange peel. Cinnamon mints. With water: extra sherriness (or slightly, malaganess) emerges, with raisins and bay leaves becoming a member of the walnuts. End: lengthy, now barely bitter. Feedback: to your second hipflask (the one with the Accomplice flag and the Harley Davidson emblem).
SGP:361 – 84 factors. |
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Tamnavulin 12 yo 2011/2023 (56.8%, Tri Carragh, 1st Fill PX Sherry Hogshead, 314 bottles) 
Color: white wine. Very pale for a 1st fill PX. Nostril: maybe this was seco? Right here we lean extra in direction of paraffin, plasticine, recent rubber, and even sulphur (in powder kind, not burnt). I fairly like this ‘industrial’ fashion. With water: we drift again in direction of the fashion of the earlier dram, with recent walnuts rising together with citrus peels. Mouth (neat): odd, even deviant, with a great deal of lemon and, as soon as once more, inexperienced pepper. A prickly, virtually fizzy edge (ginger tonic) and a contact of gin, even with a soapy trace. Properly, I slightly prefer it—it’s very uncommon. With water: lovable ginger tonic with lemon. I received’t title the model, as I by no means did obtain the keys to that Dubai penthouse I used to be promised. End: lengthy, taut like a high quality cool-climate Chardonnay. The aftertaste turns extra natural and bitter (ouch, some extent off there). Feedback: it actually looks like PX seco, bone-dry and sharp as a whip. I slightly find it irresistible.
SGP:361 – 86 factors. |
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Tamnavulin 13 yo 2010/2023 (57.6%, Connoisseurs Dram, DH World Wine Ltd, 1st fill oloroso, cask #800768, 400 bottles)
Color: deep gold. Nostril: nicely then, that is the softer, extra civilised ex-oloroso model, seemingly essentially the most cake-like, with recent kougelhopf, sponge cake, and even rum baba. Within the background, oranges (marmalade and liqueur) maintain watch. Pretty nostril. Did I point out blueberry muffins? With water: tobacco, espresso, and walnuts, all typical of oloroso. Mouth (neat): a way more traditional sherry profile, with bitter oranges on prime and loads of pepper and nutmeg. It’s highly effective. With water: superb, regardless of a contact of saponification that makes you wait 10 minutes (as soapy notes seem after which fade) … 10 minutes… and there we’ve got it, a splendid oloroso loaded with walnuts, mustard, pepper, tobacco, and slightly darkish chocolate. End: lengthy and much more peppery and bitter. However the oranges maintain watch, as they at all times do. Feedback: a superb success, although as soon as once more, it’s extra of a younger malt for the hipflask than to your Riedel Vinum glass (the one designed the wrong way up, with the edges turned outward—what an odd thought!).
SGP:361 – 87 factors. |
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Observe that the 4 abstract fragrant profiles (SGP) have been an identical immediately.
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