Tomintoul 16 Years

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34108
Tomintoul
Scotland, Speyside
Single Malt Whisky
16 Years
40%
1 l
Original bottling
Bourbonfässer
Chill filtration - With Artifical colouring - With
Average tasting notes Tasting notes
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Nosing
Nuts:
Fruit:
Fruit:
Sweet:
Sweet:
Oil:
Oil:
Malt:
Malt:
Nuts:
Peat Smoke:
Peat Smoke:
Vanilla:
Oak:
Oak:
Vanilla:
Herbs:
Sherry:
Herbs:
Sherry:
Hazelnut:
Apple:
Zitrus:
Hazelnut:
Apple:
Honey:
Honey:
Zitrus:
Green Apple:
Green Apple:
Spices:
Floral:
Spices:
Floral:
Heather:
Barley:
Heather:
Raisin:
Pear:
Orange:
Barley:
Orange:
Raisin:
Almonds:
Pear:
Almonds:
Maritime Notes:
Cinnamon:
Chili:
Berries:
Mint:
Seaweed:
Bonfire Smoke:
Lime:
Hay:
Caramel:
Banana:
Mint:
Chili:
Cinnamon:
Banana:
Seaweed:
Bonfire Smoke:
Grape:
Caramel:
Maritime Notes:
Berries:
Grape:
Lemon:
Dried Fruit:
Lime:
Chocolate:
Chocolate:
Dried Fruit:
Lemon:
Hay:
Tasting
Nuts:
Sweet:
Sweet:
Spices:
Spices:
Fruit:
Nuts:
Malt:
Fruit:
Oak:
Oil:
Oil:
Oak:
Malt:
Peat Smoke:
Zitrus:
Zitrus:
Peat Smoke:
Vanilla:
Vanilla:
Sherry:
Caramel:
Caramel:
Sherry:
Herbs:
Herbs:
Barley:
Barley:
Orange:
Orange:
Chili:
Green Apple:
Green Apple:
Grass:
Nutmeg:
Hazelnut:
Heather:
Honey:
Nutmeg:
Chili:
Heather:
Grass:
Herb:
Honey:
Herb:
Hazelnut:
Dark Chocolate:
Maritime Notes:
Lemon Peel:
Almonds:
Lemon:
Ham:
Seaweed:
Pear:
Grapefruit:
Alcohol:
Date:
Hay:
Seaweed:
Pear:
Grapefruit:
Coffee:
Alcohol:
Maritime Notes:
Lemon Peel:
Chocolate:
Lemon:
Dried Fruit:
Date:
Chocolate:
Hay:
Almonds:
Dried Fruit:
Coffee:
Dark Chocolate:
Ham:
Finish
Oak:
Oak:
Spices:
Spices:
Nuts:
Malt:
Malt:
Sweet:
Sweet:
Nuts:
Peat Smoke:
Peat Smoke:
Oil:
Oil:
Fruit:
Fruit:
Herb:
Herb:
Dark Chocolate:
Dark Chocolate:
Walnut:
Barley:
Hazelnut:
Dried Fruit:
Almonds:
Sherry:
Raisin:
Vanilla:
Chocolate:
Raisin:
Walnut:
Chocolate:
Vanilla:
Dried Fruit:
Barley:
Hazelnut:
Almonds:

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TheGreatMothra
06. Sep 2018
Nosing: Pear Apple Oak
Light and fruity, pear predominantly. Red apples. Background oak aroma is almost nutty.

Taste: Sweet FruitZitrus Vanilla
Sweet arrival, fruitiness and citrus fruit. Vanilla custard. There's a slight graininess which I usually associate with younger whiskies.

Finish: Oak Spices Fruit
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.

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TheGreatMothra
07. Jan 2021
Nosing: Sweet Mint Herbs Malt Barley
Sweet barley sugar / Agave syrup. Cereal notes, biscuits. Herbal notes and spearmint - murray mints. Pretty tame stuff, and not especially aromatic.

Taste: Vanilla Caramel Oak Barley Coffee
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: Barley Sweet
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

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Manfred_U
19. Jun 2013

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A.Shafner
29. Oct 2017
Nosing: Sherry Sherry Fruit Vanilla Heather Spices Cinnamon Dried Fruit Raisin Malt Hazelnut Honey Lemon

Taste: Spices Oak Orange Sherry Chocolate Oil Vanilla Fruit Heather

Finish: Dried Fruit Raisin Malt Nuts Sweet

Comment:

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Zarkov
30. Nov 2011

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