Tomatin 12 Years

With 23 pot stills, Tomatin used to be Scotland's biggest malt whisky distillery. Those times are long gone, and today Tomatin poduces high-quality single malts such as this 12-year-old much more slowly and with only four pot stills.

With 23 pot stills, Tomatin used to be Scotland's biggest malt whisky distillery. Those times are long gone, and today Tomatin poduces high-quality single malts such as this 12-year-old much more slowly and with only four pot stills.

Details about this bottle Edit
1735
Tomatin
Scotland, Highlands
Single Malt Whisky
12 Years
43%
0.7 l
Original bottling
Chill filtration - With Artifical colouring - With
Average tasting notes Tasting notes
Calculated from 82 Tasting Notes
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Nosing
Fruit:
Malt:
Malt:
Apple:
Apple:
Fruit:
Spices:
Spices:
Sweet:
Pear:
Sweet:
Pear:
Sherry:
Sherry:
Green Apple:
Green Apple:
Vanilla:
Honey:
Honey:
Vanilla:
Peat Smoke:
Peat Smoke:
Oak:
Oak:
Nuts:
Raisin:
Raisin:
Nuts:
Zitrus:
Heather:
Peach:
Peach:
Zitrus:
Herbs:
Herbs:
Heather:
Caramel:
Oil:
Caramel:
Berries:
Oil:
Berries:
Clove:
Alcohol:
Herb:
Chili:
Lemon:
Walnut:
Chili:
Dark Chocolate:
Clove:
Walnut:
Lemon:
Herb:
Alcohol:
Dark Chocolate:
Tasting
Fruit:
Sweet:
Sweet:
Malt:
Malt:
Fruit:
Spices:
Spices:
Pear:
Nuts:
Pear:
Sherry:
Nuts:
Honey:
Honey:
Sherry:
Apple:
Apple:
Oak:
Oak:
Herb:
Caramel:
Herb:
Caramel:
Oil:
Oil:
Dark Chocolate:
Chocolate:
Chocolate:
Dark Chocolate:
Peat Smoke:
Berries:
Alcohol:
Berries:
Alcohol:
Zitrus:
Hazelnut:
Grape:
Lime:
Vanilla:
Lime:
Green Apple:
Hazelnut:
Grape:
Zitrus:
Green Apple:
Vanilla:
Cake:
Herbs:
Raisin:
Pineapple:
Hay:
Chili:
Peach:
Dried Fruit:
Cake:
Peat Smoke:
Herbs:
Raisin:
Pineapple:
Hay:
Chili:
Dried Fruit:
Peach:
Finish
Sweet:
Sweet:
Fruit:
Malt:
Malt:
Oak:
Nuts:
Oak:
Fruit:
Oil:
Sherry:
Sherry:
Oil:
Spices:
Spices:
Nuts:
Peat Smoke:
Herbs:
Herbs:
Peat Smoke:
Heather:
Heather:
Chocolate:
Caramel:
Green Apple:
Caramel:
Green Apple:
Chocolate:
Floral:
Hazelnut:
Dark Chocolate:
Honey:
Almonds:
Alcohol:
Berries:
Raisin:
Herb:
Vanilla:
Dark Chocolate:
Berries:
Herb:
Vanilla:
Alcohol:
Almonds:
Floral:
Honey:
Zitrus:
Raisin:
Hazelnut:
Zitrus:

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Tasting Notes 82

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11. Jun 2010
29. Jul 2015
06. Oct 2016
31. Jul 2015
horst_s_2
27. Nov 2014
Aroma:
Stewed Apfel Sherry Eiche Birne
Taste:
Öl Gewürze Eiche Dunkle Schokolade Walnuss
Finish:
Medium Long
Comment:
horst_s_2
29. Jul 2015
The nose:
Stewed apple, apple cake, sherry, oakiness, pears
The taste:
Oily and light, spiciness, oakiness, dark chocolate, walnuts,
The finish:
Medium long
Nosing:
A combination of malt and fruity aromas with a hint of smoke
Taste:
Stewed apples, pear and malt with some nuts and sherry notes
Finish:
Soft and sweet
26. Dec 2019
06. Sep 2015
10. Oct 2016
Although Tomatin 12 is classified as Highland Single Malt, its smell and taste is rather comparable to classic Speyside whiskies. The nose is sweet and mildly fruity with apple puree, vanilla cream and honey, whereas subdued sherry notes linger in the background. A surprisingly intense arrival with spices, baked apple and caramel is followed by rich maltiness and nutty notes. Bittersweet chocolate characterizes the soft and moderately long finish. Altogether, a respectable but unimposing whisky that is reasonably complex and not too demanding.
RATING: 3.5/5.0 ≙ 86 pts