Tomintoul Port Wood, 12-year-old, Speyside, Single Malt Whisky, 46.0%
Critics reviews
Looks like a light rose wine and with a nose of flowers, cranberry and pomegranate it smells like one as well.
Palate
That red fruit quality it retained but its hot which at 46% suggests that the oak hasn't helped to dampen down the alcohol.
Finish
Delicately fruity, but too ethereal
Comment
No real complexity. Maybe longer in cask would have helped. Compare to the Penderyn.
Dave Broom - Whisky Magazine Issue 91 Nose
Light but tangy. A floral note combined to summer fruit. Strawberry, redcurrant. Cream-soda.
Palate
Thick, almost syrupy. Very sweet. The same summer fruit notes as on the nose. Pomegranate juice.
Finish
Dry, medium long.
Comment
The colour indicates a wine finish. Port maybe. A perfect companion for a fruit dessert.
Martine Nouet - Whisky Magazine Issue 91
About this SPIRIT
Tomintoul Distillery, Speyside
Tomintoul whisky distillery is a distillery that has spent most of its life focused primarily on providing whisky for use in blends; however in recent years its single malts have stepped into the limelight to a greater degree, and to an enthusiastic reception.
A fairly new distillery, founded in 1965, it eventually became a prominent part of the Whyte & Mackay blended whisky, and was owned by the company for several years, before eventually coming into the possession of the current owners, Angus Dundee Distillers in 2000.
The single malt whiskies have recently been very well-received: the Tomintoul 33yo won the Best Speyside Single Malt Whisky 21 Years and Over in the 2010 World Whiskies Awards. The distillery puts this success down to the work of master distiller Robert Fleming, whose ancestors have been involved in the creation of Speyside Glenlivet whisky for four generations.
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Description
Colour: Blush pink.
Nose: Round with gentle port influences and a hint of peppery spice.
Taste: Soft and elegant with porty-sweat subtlety.
Finish: Dignified and pleasing.
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