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TAMNAVULIN - GLENLIVET

8 years old

43 %
Tamnavulin - Glenlivet Distillery Co, Ltd
Ballindalloch, Banffshire

TAMNAVULIN - GLENLIVET

10 years old

40 %
Tamnavulin - Glenlivet Distillery Co, Ltd,
Tomnavoulin

TAMNAVULIN

Speyside

12 years old

40%

NATURALLY LIGHT
Tamnavulin Distillery Co, Tomnavoulin

Tamnavulin takes its name from Tomnavoulin which in Gaelic means 'mill on the hill'. The distillery sits beside the mill on the banks of Allt a Choire, 'the stream of the corrie' a tributary of the great river Livet', Known as the 'Queen of Speyside', Tam¬navulin is smooth and mellow and takes its naturally light colour from the oak casks during the long years of maturation.

TAMNAVULIN

15 years old

43 %
THE ULTIMATE SINGLE MALT
SCOTCH WHISKY SELECTION
Distilled 30.10.80
Cask no. 7356
Bottled 2.96
282 bottles
Genummerde flessen
Van Wees, Holland

TAMNAVULIN

Aged 37 Years

46.7 %
RARE AULD
CASK STRENGHT SCOTCH WHISKY
Sherry Cask
Unique Whiskies of Distinction
Fons et Origo
D T C
date distilled 04.1967
date bottled 01.2005
cask no 1018
347 Numbered Bottles
No Chill Filtering or Colouring of any kind
Duncan Taylor & Co, Ltd, Huntly,
Aberdeenshire

TAMNAVULIN

1 9 9 1

43 %

20 years old

CONNOISSEURS CHOICE

Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Distillation date: November 1991

Cask Type: Refill Sherry Hogsheads

Bottling date: March 2011

Proprietors: Whyte & Mackay Distillers Ltd

Specially Selected, Produced and Bottled by

Gordon & Macphail, Elgin

Nose: Floral notes with some cereal aromas

Palate: Soft with spicy elements

Bodey: Soft and delicate

Finish: Slightly sweet

TAMNAVULIN - GLENLIVET (1966 - 1995) (6 weeks in 2000) (2007 -
Ballindalloch, Banffshire. Licentiehouder: Tamnavulin - Glenlivet Distillery Co, Ltd. Eigendom van Invergordon Distillers Group.

Tamnavulin betekent 'molen op de heuvel'.
Tamnavulin is gebouwd in 1965 - 1966 door The Invergordon Distillers Group.

Invergordon is ook de eigenaar van Ben Wyvis, Isle of Jura, Bruichladdich, Tullibardine en Deanston.

In 1988 was er een management buy-out bij Invergordon. In 1991 werd Deanston verkocht aan Burn Stewart

In Oktober 1991 was er een mislukt bod van Whyte & Mackay van E 350.000.000 op The Invergordon Distillers Group.

Op 15 Oktober 1993 sluit American Brands, eigenaar van Whyte & Mackay zijn jarenlange jacht op Invergordon af met het

bekend maken zijn belang in Invergordon te hebben ver-groot van 41,2 % tot 54,7 %.
De geboden prijs waardeert Invergordon op E 382,4 miljoen is ƒ 1,05 miljard.

De omzet van Invergordon was in 1992 E 85.000.000 die van Whyte & Mackay E 150.000.000 in datzelfde jaar.

Met ingang van 3 Maart 1995 werden drie van de vier malt distilleerderijen (tijdelijk ?) gesloten: Bruichladdich, Tullibardine en Tamnavulin.
Isle of Jura blijft in bedrijf.

Het water komt van bronnen in de heuvels ten westen van Tamnavulin, Westertown geheten.
De Mash tun is 10.52 ton.
De acht Wash backs zijn elk 69.000 liter.
De drie Wash stills hebben elk een inhoud van 25000 liter, de drie Spirit stills elk 23.200 liter, ze worden met stoom verhit.
De jaarproduktie is 4.000.000 liter spirit.

October 2001

Kyndall International neemt het Schotse deel van J B B Greater Europe over van Fortune Brands, eigenaar van wat eerder Whyte & Mackay en Invergordon was.
Het betreft vijf malt distilleerderijen: Dalmore, (Old) Fettercairn, Isle of Jura, Tamnavulin en Tullibardine en de Grain distilleerderij Invergordon.

Manager van Kyndall International wordt Brian Magson.
Vijftien maanden later verlaat Brian Magson Kyndall International,
Dit als gevolg van een meningsverschil met de Duitse West L B bank, de financier van Kyndall International.

De omzet in het eerste jaar na de aankoop was E 157.2 miljoen, de winst E 20.6 miljoen. Er werden 9,3 miljoen dozen whisky verkocht.
Kyndall International heeft 750 medewerkers.

Na de sluiting van Tamnavulin in 1995 was Tamnavulin in 2000 nog zes weken in produktie,
Er werden in die periode 2000 vaten whisky gevuld.

Augustus gaat Tamnavulin weer in produktie.

Tamnavulin gaat weer open, omdat er wereldwijd een tekort dreigt aan whisky, door de grotere
koopkracht van vooral India, China en Rusland.

Manager is Dave Doig, ook de manager van Fettercairn.

Bedoeling is voor kerstmis 1000.000 liter spirit te produceren en daarna uit te komen op de vroegere
kapaciteit van 4000.000 liter per jaar.

De kosten van het opstarten bedragen ongeveer 2000.000 Engelse pond.

De originele zes ketels, van 40 jaar oud en gebouwd door Blair te Glasgow blijven in produktie,
maar de wash stills zijn zo dun, dat ze waarschijnlijk na een jaar vervangen moeten worden.

De twee lagerpakhuizen kunnen 30.000 vaten bergen, maar er wordt ook veel Tamnavulin per tank-
auto naar Invergordon Grain Distillery gebracht.

De whisky wordt gelagerd in First Fill Bourbon vaten.

De oudst gedistilleerde Tamnavulin in de lagerpakhuizen dateert van 1966

This is a large plant whose sign rather baldly states ‘NO VISITORS’ rather than ‘WELCOME’. This is not unfriendliness, simply a manifestation of the reality of the whisky business. In fact, there used to be a visitor facility nearby. The majority of distilleries are there to make spirit for blends, not to entertain tourists.

Its half dozen stills are large, the fermentation short and the make is light and cereal accented.

Tamnavulin was one of the distilleries built in the whisky boom of the early 1960s when demand was so far outstripping supply that new facilities had to be constructed. It was built by Invergordon Distillers (whose portfolio also included a grain distillery, Bruichladdich, Tullibardine and Jura). It had six stills and, for a period, Saladin maltings.

Invergordon was in turn bought by Whyte & Mackay. In 1995, with the whisky market in steady decline, it was mothballed, only reopening in 2007 when Whyte & Mackay was purchased by Indian giant United Spirits. Its function as a supplier of fillings however hasn’t altered. It changed hands once again in 2014 when Whyte & Mackay was sold to Philippine-based Emperador.

1966

Tamnavulin-Glenlivet Distillery Co, a subsidiary

of Invergordon Distillers, builds Tamnavulin in

Ballindalloch

1993

Whyte & Mackay purchases Invergordon Distillers

1995

Tamnavulin's new owner closes the distillery

1996

Whyte & Mackay changes name in JBB (Greater Europe)

2000

The distillery performs a short run of 6 weeks but is mothballed

again

2001

Company management buy out operations for

208.000.000 Pound the new name is Kyndal

2002

Distillation takes place for only a few weeks

2003

Kyndal changes name to Whyte & Mackay

2007

Whyte & Mackay is bought out by Indian group

United Spirits, which reopens Tamnavulin after 12 years

2010

New stills were installed with shorter necks

and purifiers for more body and complexity

Maturing stock rerackted

2014

The group is purchased by Philippines-based

group Emperador

2016

Tamnavulin Double Cask released

2019

Sherry Cask Edition, Tempranillo Finish are

released

2020

Capacity: 4.200.000 Ltrs

Outout: 3.500.000 Ltrs

3 Wine cask finishes, Cabernet Sauvignon,

Grenache, Pinot Noir are released

2022

A Sauvignon Blanc Finish is rleased

Leon Webb distillery manager

CAPACITY (MLPA) i

4.2

CONDENSER TYPE i

Shell and tube

FERMENTATION TIME i

Minimum 48hrs

FILLING STRENGTH i

63.5%

GRIST WEIGHT (T) i

10.72

HEAT SOURCE i

Steam

MALT SPECIFICATION i

Some heavily peated at 55ppm

MALT SUPPLIER i

Various

MASH TUN TYPE i

Lauter

NEW-MAKE STRENGTH i

69%

SPIRIT STILL CHARGE (L) i

15,000

SPIRIT STILL SHAPE i

Lampglass

STILLS i

WAREHOUSING i

39,000 casks all racked

WASH STILL CHARGE (L) i

17,500

WASH STILL SHAPE i

Lampglass

WATER SOURCE i

Various springs

WORT CLARITY i

Slightly cloudy

YEAST TYPE i

Various

Emperador Distillers Inc

2014 - present

Whyte and Mackay Group

1993 - 2013

Invergordon Distillers

1966 - 1993

TAMNAVULIN REVEALS TRIPLE-SHERRIED MALT

May 2019

Speyside distillery Tamnavulin has launched its latest single malt, a whisky finished in three different Sherry casks.

Tamnavulin’s Sherry Cask Edition is said to offer ‘richness, intensity and complexity’

Tamnavulin Sherry Cask Edition is the second no-age-statement expression released by the Moray-based distillery, whose whisky is predominantly used in blends by its owner Whyte & Mackay.

The expression was matured in American oak barrels before being finished in three different oloroso Sherry casks sourced from individual cooperages in Spain.

Bottled at 40% abv, the whisky is said to have ‘enticing aromas of vanilla, caramel, banana and milk chocolate’ on the nose and a palate with ‘warm, sweet flavours of maple syrup, raisin and orange’.

The Sherry Cask Edition is now available in one-litre bottles at Tesco stores in the UK for £45.

The expression will be sold in a 70cl version at around £32 a bottle in various UK grocers in the second half of 2019.

Whyte & Mackay said the expression was created to ‘give shoppers the opportunity to delve into the world of Sherry-finished single malt without breaking the bank’.

Tamnavulin’s newest single malt joins its other Sherry-finished no-age-statement expression, Double Cask.

The Double Cask expression was released in 2016 to celebrate Tamnavulin’s 50th anniversary, and was the first single malt released by the distillery in 20 years.

The distillery was built in Tamnavoulin by Invergordon Distillers in 1966 to meet the high demand for whisky at the time, and sold to Whyte & Mackay in 1993.

Its new owner mothballed the distillery two years later and it lay silent until 2007, when production restarted.

Whyte & Mackay expands Scottish Oak Programme

The Scotch whisky maker is ‘stepping up and digging in’ to help better establish the use of native oak for the wider spirits industry

Whyte & Mackay has announced the expansion of its Scottish Oak Programme, spreading across its entire estate of distilleries in order to help establish native oak use as a quality raw material.

The programme has been spearheaded by master whisky maker Gregg Glass, with the aim of encouraging the use of Scottish oak widely among whisky makers. Alongside this it will also address some historical challenges that surround working with Scottish Oak, such a porosity, consistency of the wood, and cost versus true value.

Typically casks used in the production of Scotch whisky are sourced from abroad, most commonly ex-Bourbon barrels from the US, and European fortified wine casks from Portugal and Spain. Inspired by his time exploring local sawmills with his grandfather on the Black Isle, he set about exploring the role Scottish oak could play, and what it would take in terms of forestry management, and every skill required from harvest to cask creation.

When Glass joined Whyte & Mackay in 2016 he then began to implement the programme in earnest and has since developed partnerships with other organisations – including local landowning estates, sawmills and coopers – to create an initiative with the vision to one day be adopted by the Scotch Whisky industry.

Glass explains: “The Scottish Oak Programme seeks to inspire change within the Scotch whisky industry. We want to champion the potential home-grown oak offers the spirits industry, and the incredible diversity of flavour it offers the whisky maker.

“Our close relationships with industry partners mean we know the provenance of Scottish Oak and are even able to trace it right back to the individual tree. Through experimental whisky maturation and analytical trials, we can assess how the different variables – including growing conditions, drying and wood seasoning, oak type, coopering skills and heat treatment – can impact the flavour of the resulting whisky and there is a myriad of exciting flavour profiles to explore.”

As the programme develops, the adoption of Scottish Oak will grow to support local businesses and craftspeople and stimulate demand for traditional skills from forestry management to coopering, alongside apprenticeships and shared learning.

Glass’ vision looks not only to sourcing oak for cask production, but to encouraging a circular economy and future-proofing Scottish Oak for the next generation of whisky makers. To that end, the programme has developed a planting scheme which has already seen over 15,000 trees replanted across Scotland, while looking to establish dedicated oak forests.

In 2019, Whyte & Mackay’s experimental arm, Whisky Works, launched its first Scottish Oak part-finished expression suitably named ‘King of Trees’. The 10-year-old blended Highland malt was created using wood from two 200-year-old wind-felled Scottish Oak tree to make one cask. The whisky maker is set to announce a second Scottish Oak release under its Fettercairn brand later this year.

The Scottish Oak Programme is one part of Whyte & Mackay’s commitment to a sustainable future for whisky making. The whisky maker’s sustainability agenda is to be published in an upcoming Green Pr

THE MALTS OF SCOTLAND

Series of 5 Scotch Single malt Whiskies brought out by Invergordon in Autumn of 1997 which

provoked reaction because of the names for this single malts they were called Craignure,

Druichan, Ferintosh, Glenluig, Kinaple.

When the marketing stratigists of Invergordon used this names they broke with a tradition

that give single malts the names of their distilleries, at least when they were proprietor’s

bottlings.

Invergordon was bought by Jim Beam in 1993, and finished production at the 3 Invergordon distilleries Bruichladdich, Tamnavulin, Tullibardine.

Invergordon owns Isle of Jura distillery in Craighouse and Bruichladdich and most likely Craignure and Druichan came from these, but neither they nor their then parent company,

Whyte & Mackay / JBB Greater Europe / owned by American Brands owned a distillery

in the Lowlands or one named Ferintosh or Glenluig, they described Ferintosh as Speyside

Glenluig as Highland.

The idea is that Glenluig is a Dalmore, Ferintosh is a Tamnavulin, Kincaple is a Glenkinchie,

THE MALTS OF SCOTLAND

GLENKINCHIE (Kincaple)

TAMNAVULIN ( Ferintosh)

DALMORE ( Glenluig)

ISLE OF JURA ( Craignure)

BRUICHLADDICH ( Druichan)