Tamnavulin - Scotch Malt Whisky - Region: Speyside
WF Distillery Ranking: Cru Bourgeois (all current rankings here)

Status: silent since 1995 - Stills: 6 (3 wash, 3 spirit) - Founded: 1966
Address: Tomnavoulin, Ballindalloch, Banffshire, AB37 9JA - Phone:
Web: - More info: Distillery Profile by MM’s Lawrence Graham - Malt Madness

My favourite expression so far:
Tamnavulin 37 yo 1967/2005 (46.7%, Duncan Taylor, cask #1018)
90 points - Last tasted: June 15, 2006 - Tasting notes: here

MM Distillery profile:
The Tamnavulin distillery (the name is Gaelic for 'mill on the hill') was built relatively recently (in 1965/1966) by Tamnavulin-Glenlivet Distillery Co Ltd. - a subsidiary of Invergordon Distillers Ltd. The Tamnavulin distillery was constructed in response to the growing demand for malt whisky by blenders. The Tamnavulin distillery (some of the sources use an alternative spelling of the name; Tomnavoulin) has six stills that have mainly produced malt whisky .... More on Malt Madness.

• Tamnavulin-Glenlivet (75° proof, OB, 1970’s) - 130706
• Tamnavulin-Glenlivet 10 yo (43%, OB, Moon import, mid-1980s) - 030211
• Tamnavulin 10 yo (40%, OB, early 1990’s) - 130706
• Tamnavulin 10 yo (40%, OB, early 2000’s) - 130706
• Tamnavulin 12 yo (40%, OB, +/-1997) - no notes - 78

• Tamnavulin 35 yo 1966 (52.6%, OB, for Japan, Matthew Forrest, Cream Sherry Butt, cask #3807, 472 bottles) - 070512
• Tamnavulin-Glenlivet 1967/1986 'The Stillman’s Dram' (43%, OB, casks #1480+1481, 1212 bottles) - 030211
• Tamnavulin-Glenlivet 1968/1985 ‘The Stillman’s Dram‘ (40%, OB, 996 bottles) - 030211

• Tamnavulin 21 yo 1989/2011 (57.4%, A.D. Rattray, bourbon, cask #1750, 204 bottles) - 130711

• Tamnavulin 37 yo 1967/2005 (46.7%, Duncan Taylor, cask #1018) - 150606

• Tamnavulin 1988/1997 (58.9%, Gordon & MacPhail Cask series, casks #4706-4709) - 150606

• Tamnavulin 43 yo 1967/2010 (41%, The Whisky Agency, bourbon hogshead, 204 bottles) - 030211