Tamnavulin- Double Cask

Tamnavulin Double Cask-  As a diversion from the storms of winter & world madness, let’s enjoy an earthy pleasure.  As we all know, the scalawags in whisky marketing are masters at creating cool looking labels and names.  I was hooked by the former, and the sunset like color !

The real story here is Speyside terroir that brings its character to the bottle.  The valley soils in that region grow remarkable barley that morphs into our subject malt .  The twist here is after the once filled bourbon barrel aging, the  liquid gold is given a sherry barrel vacation which brings out cherry notes and sweet cake flavors. It’s a common technique, but seldom seen at this bargain price point.   Ultimately, this golden beauty gives us an entire fruit salad in a glass. At a mild  80 proof, you definitely need to enjoy this neat…..The finish was a tad speedy but this tasty malt earned my respect.  It overachieved in character and earned a solid 7 rating.  Cheers to the entire team……