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TAMNAVULIN SPEYSIDE SHERRY CASK 0,7L 40%

Name: TAMNAVULIN SPEYSIDE SHERRY CASK 0,7L 40%
SKU: 017817
Price: 139.00 PLN
Availability: InStock

Alcohol percentage: 40%

139 zł

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Tamnavulin Sherry Cask Edition is a single malt from the Speyside region of Scotland, whose character is shaped by a finish in sherry casks. The Tamnavulin distillery was founded in 1966 in the valley of the river Livet. Tamnavulin – Gaelic for "mill on the hill" – was built in 1966 on the banks of the Livet, and its name refers to a sixteenth-century mill that once stood on the site. Constructed to supply blends during the post-war whisky boom, it was mothballed in 1995, then revived and modernised under the wing of Whyte & Mackay in 2007.

The whisky matures in two stages. Like all Tamnavulin whisky, it begins life in American ex-bourbon barrels, which lend a mellowness to the sweet, fruity spirit, and then, at the right moment, it is finished in hand-picked sherry casks sourced from esteemed cooperages in southern Spain. More precisely, the Sherry Cask edition is finished in three different types of sherry cask, although the producer does not reveal exactly which types. The length of the finishing period is likewise not disclosed. The whisky is bottled at 40% and is chill-filtered.

The aroma and flavour profile is dominated by fruit and the sweetness of the sherry cask. The producer describes a colour of amber gold and notes of vanilla, caramel and banana with sweet milk chocolate and a touch of fresh ginger, while the palate offers layers of maple syrup, raisins and orange with hints of apricot and melon. Industry reviews repeatedly point to a pronounced sherry character that avoids the heavy, sulphurous tone typical of many cheap finishes, along with dominant raisin and dried fig balanced by malty grain and a discreet note of nuts and spice.

This is a no-age-statement (NAS) whisky built around a sherry cask finish. At 40% there is a certain limit to the intensity it can carry, and the finish fades rather quickly, but within its price bracket it is a sensible, well-balanced everyday sherried Speyside malt. It also works well as an introduction to sherry-matured whisky for those new to the category.