Michael Jackson
"House Style - Aromatic, herbal. Aperitif.

TAMNAVULIN 12-year-old, 40% abv.

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Color - Vinho Verde
Nose - Very Aromatic. A touch of peat, hay, heather, herbal notes. Slightly medicinal.
Body - Very light indeed, but smooth.
Palate - Lemon, flowering currant. Winey. Vermouth-like.
Finish - Aromatic. Juniper?

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Color - Mid-Straw with pale lemon highlights. Nose - A dark nuttiness and a gently peaty character, medium-sweet with a rich charred oak note. Flavour - Dark and medium-dry with nice weight and a good dollop of peat at the back. Finish -Smooth, long and nutty with a rich, oaky tail.

TAMNAVULIN 24-year-old, 45% Stillman's Dram

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Color - Full gold.
Nose - Vanilla pod. Grass. Light peat.
Body - Light but firm.
Palate - Junipery, grassy, lightly peaty. Clearer flavours without the sherry of the 22-year-old
Finish - Crisp. Lemon and juniper. Appetizing.

TAMNAVULIN 1988 (bottled 1997), 58.9% abv, Gordon & MacPhail Cask Series

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Color - Bright greeny-gold.
Nose - Grass and juniper.
Body - Surprisingly full and rounded. Oily.
Palate - Grassy, grainy, oaty, creamy.
Finish - Grassy. Stony.

TAMNAVULIN 18-year-old, 46% abv

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Color - Very dark, teak coloured.
Nose - Nutty, quite spirity, light and medium-sweet
Flavour - Smooth, oaky, quite velevty and nutty.
Finish - Smooth and spirity, quite long with a dry end.

TAMNAVULIN 22-year-old, 45% abv

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Color - Deep amber to copper.
Nose - Almondy sherry, junipery aroma, and oak.
Body - Light but firm.
Palate - Sherry. Lemon pith. Stalky. Aromatic.
Finish - Spicy. Crisp

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