Tomintoul 16 Years
At the first glance the 16-year-old Tomintoul is quite similar to the 10-year-old- However, it contains more sherry cask whiskies, wich make it rounder and sweeter. Together with the longer maturation this results in a very good single malt.
At the first glance the 16-year-old Tomintoul is quite similar to the 10-year-old- However, it contains more sherry cask whiskies, wich make it rounder and sweeter. Together with the longer maturation this results in a very good single malt.
Details about this bottle | Edit |
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1752 | |
Tomintoul | |
Scotland, Speyside | |
Single Malt Whisky | |
16 Years | |
40% | |
0.7 l | |
Original bottling | |
Ex-Bourbon + Ex-Sherry | |
Average tasting notes Tasting notes |
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Nosing
Nuts:
Fruit:
Oil:
Sweet:
Malt:
Hazelnut:
Peat Smoke:
Vanilla:
Oak:
Sherry:
Herbs:
Honey:
Zitrus:
Apple:
Green Apple:
Spices:
Floral:
Raisin:
Heather:
Barley:
Orange:
Pear:
Almonds:
Cinnamon:
Chili:
Lemon:
Berries:
Mint:
Maritime Notes:
Grape:
Dried Fruit:
Seaweed:
Bonfire Smoke:
Chocolate:
Caramel:
Lime:
Banana:
Hay:
Tasting
Nuts:
Sweet:
Spices:
Fruit:
Malt:
Oak:
Oil:
Peat Smoke:
Zitrus:
Vanilla:
Caramel:
Sherry:
Herbs:
Barley:
Orange:
Heather:
Honey:
Nutmeg:
Hazelnut:
Herb:
Green Apple:
Chili:
Grass:
Alcohol:
Maritime Notes:
Almonds:
Grapefruit:
Pear:
Lemon:
Dried Fruit:
Chocolate:
Coffee:
Dark Chocolate:
Hay:
Date:
Ham:
Seaweed:
Lemon Peel:
Finish
Spices:
Oak:
Nuts:
Malt:
Sweet:
Oil:
Peat Smoke:
Fruit:
Herb:
Dark Chocolate:
Sherry:
Almonds:
Dried Fruit:
Hazelnut:
Barley:
Walnut:
Raisin:
Vanilla:
Chocolate:
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Quality rating of this bottle
Quality comparison of bottles
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Tasting notes of TheGreatMothra:
Sweet barley sugar / Agave syrup. Cereal notes, biscuits. Herbal notes and spearmint - murray mints. Pretty tame stuff, and not especially aromatic.
Taste:
Balanced arrival. Vanilla butterscotch at the start. There's a fair amount of wood involvement from the get go. The cereal notes remain on the palate. Wood tannins combine to an espresso like bitterness over time.
Finish:
Medium length, Residual barley sugar, lingering wood notes.
Comment:
This one's a miss for me. The nose is pretty uninteresting. On the palate it's slightly better, but there's a lack of complexity in it. The finish is pretty boring. Overall, glad I got it in half bottle format. It's not offensive in any way, just entirely forgettable.
It just goes to show how a couple of years can change both a whisky, and a person's opinion of it!
74/100
Light and fruity, pear predominantly. Red apples. Background oak aroma is almost nutty.
Taste:
Sweet arrival, fruitiness and citrus fruit. Vanilla custard. There's a slight graininess which I usually associate with younger whiskies.
Finish:
Medium length. Oaky with mild spiciness, residual fruit. Relatively non descript, surprisingly dry for a relatively sweet whisky.
Comment:
An interesting one this, very fruit led throughout. Reminds me a lot of younger Glenlivet, Glenfiddich and Glenmorangie, but with more wood involvement. Its definitely easy drinking stuff, but lacks the intensity of flavour that I look for personally, also the finish is a little one dimensional. Got to say that for a 16 year old the price is very reasonable though, and I'd take it over the aforementioned standard releases any day. Probably not one I'll come back to, but pretty good.