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Tomintoul Distillery
Ballindalloch
Banffshire
AB37 9AQ
+44 1807 590 274

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Owner: Angus Dundee Distillers

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Creation date1964

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	Tomintoul
	whisky		Sample
O.B.	10 years	15
Adelphi	Adelphi, 38 year	18
Jack Wieber	Prenzlow Portfolio collection 1966		18

 

 

Tomintoul 10 years
Age	10 years
Alcohol percentage	40%
Bottler	Official
Price/litre

 

This nice whisky of the Speyside area can be considered as a "standard whisky", without anything really special, but without any  major fault neither. It is mainly produced for the blending industry but its reasonable price makes one does not regret to have bought it.

A nose without any depth, rather indefinable. May be some hints of cut grass, but cut since a while. In the palate, an impression of washed-out alcohol, without particular fragrance. Alcohol, but a sweet one. A short finish devoid of interest. This whisky is not bad, but is to range amongst the insignificant ones.

The nose is marked by malted barley and quite a strong smell of yeast. A bit of smoke and some remote hay smells on the background. In the palate, the main regret is that the percentage of alcohol is a bit too low as it gives a watery character to the whole which is far from being unpleasant. Without being very complex, this whisky has quite a large tastes palette even if all are centred on malt. The finish is rather short and slightly bitter.

 Comment by Johannes Sauer

C.: Bright amber (Colouring E150a)
N.: Soft floral notes, baked apples, heather honey, throw in a small amount hazelnuts mixed with sweet milk chocolate and you get the recipe for a gentle, "elegant" but also only little upsetting nose.
T.: The gentle and soft impression gets even stronger: Lots of honey, brown sugar and sweet chocolate.
F.: Medium, here finally is an very floral and scottish highlands-backbeat after the vanishing of all that honey.
C.: There's very few complexity, but nevertheless there is something very seducing in this softness which makes this dram charming and very enjoyable to go with a cigar, if you're a smoker....

Tomintoul 38 years old 1967-2005 fût #4485
Age	38 years
Alcohol percentage	49.2%
Bottler	Adelphi
Price/litre

First nose offers some slightly woody notes mixed with floral hints which develop soon on something rather fresh with a hint of cut grass and spices. Pepper. Very nice nose indeed.
In the palate, freshness dominates, followed by ripe fruit and nutty notes, the latter being rather discreet however. The whole develops slowly on a pleasant bitterness.
Finish is lingering and fresh, prolonging this mix of acid freshness and slightly woody notes in a nice balance.

Tomintoul 1966 Prenzlow Portfolio Collection
Age	40 years
Alcoho	55.5%
Bottler	Jack Wieber

The first nose is quite discrete. After a while, some nice vanilla notes appear together with some fruity hints (not ripe peach). The mouth is immediately marked by the fruit. Relatively monotone, however. Pear alcohol, not very complex even if the whole remains on a very acceptable level. The percentage of alcohol does not hinder the tasting. The finish is relatively short, also dominated by fruits. Some regrets about this whisky: a lack of personality and presence. I had expected some more from such an old whisky.

Tomintoul Peaty Tang Speyside Glenlivet
Age	No age Statement
Alcohol percentage	40%
Bottler	Official

Comments by Johannes Sauer

App.: Bright golden
Nose: Very powerful; as expected there's lots of peat and smoke backed by a soft floral and honeyish note. Also a little terpentine and freshly grated sawdust.
Palate: The first impression is surprisingly soft and easy after this nose, flowerbeds in a scottish garden. The peat shows up at the second glance but now with a keen and mighty entrance. There's also oakwood and a beautiful balance between all that peat honey and wood. A clear medical and bitter but also herbal note (Fernet Branca) which goes stronger at the
Finish: Still smokin' and and very busy, lingering like a dying cigar butt, not very long but with a good accent on bitter herbs.
Conc.: Give this obviously rather young spirit a few more years in maybe a bourbon (not necessarily she! rry) cask and there will be a great and very interesting whisky! A promising malt very worth a try.

Tomintoul 14 years old Speyside Glenlivet
Age	14 years
Alcohol percentage	46%
Bottler	Official

Comments by Johannes Sauer

Colour: Real pale, bright straw.
Nose: Very full, sweet and appealing. There is much honey so intense and clear I have seldom experienced. Also there is caramel fudge, scottish tablets and softly perfumed notes like flower covered highland meadows in springtime. Not the smallest trace of smoke, spice, not to speak of peat or such. It is just plain clean honeycomb sweetness, very pleasant and not at all boring because of that very floral addition.
Taste: Again the first impression is perfect sweetness. Not soft and easy but sweet. And here on the palate the floral notes are getting more and more accented and mix beautifully with the mighty complex sweetness. But, like always in life and good whisky, this idyllic picture has a dark side: Little later coffee notes and few but clearly bitter herbal notes (unforesniffable in the nose) show up and lead toward the very round and rather long
Finish: Not unlike capuccino made with soy milk, sweetened with honey, for me very pleasant and fulfilling. To compare just visit your next organic coffee store.
Conc.: There are sure many honey-accented drams in the highlands but here is a roundness making it a very expressive malt.
Tasting date: November/3nd/2009

Tomintoul Old Ballantruan Peated Malt Speyside Glenlivet Unchillfitered
Age	No age Statement
Alcohol percentage	50%
Bottler	Official
Price

Comments by Johannes Sauer

Colour: Brass, darker gold.
Nose: Strong and very dry smoke, cigar ash, some rather biting but not disturbing note like terpentine. Freshly polished leather boots, backed by emerging softer floral and fruity (apple) notes.
Taste: Very firm, the 50% let their muscles play, but beside the strong peat-reek there's ginger, ready salted crisps, nuts (pecans) and candied lemon peel (Citronate).
Finish: After short there's a very enjoyable bitterness teasing the tastebuds for a while.
Conc.: Appears to be the great brother of Tomintoul "Peaty Tang" - Lacks the complexity of a great Islay-dram, but any peat freak will love this one.
Date: 9/16/2008