Description

Tomintoul 16 Years Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)

Volume: 700ml           ABV: 40%           Age: 16 Years Old           Country: Scotland

Tomintoul distillery is built in the highest village in the highlands of Scotland and can sometimes be very hard to access due to the road being blocked with snow and ice in the winter. However hard it is to get here the storage facilities at Tomintoul are huge and boast a warehouse that can accomodate ten million litres of malt within the grounds. The water source is the local Ballantruan Spring and with this water they produce about 3,000,000 litres of spirit annually. The current owners are Angus Dundee plc and the distillery has four stills to produce the spirit. This spirit is mainly used and a very valuable contribution to Whyte and MacKay’s blends.

You should expect a light bodied and smooth single malt, not very complex and great for after dinner. This single malt is an excellent whisky to start your whisky journey and enjoy for many decades later with vast choice of age statements any whisky enthusiast would want in their collection.

Pure ingredients and the natural environment add to smooth and mellow character of this award-winning Tomintoul Scotch Whisky, “the gentle dram”. Multi-award winning Tomintoul Speyside Glenlivet Single Malt Scotch Whisky Aged 16 Years has been lovingly crafted, from a selection of the finest bourbon casks, each aged for at least sixteen years.

Our Tasting Notes

Nose: Freshly cut grass, vanilla fudge, boiled sweets, tropical fruits.

Palate: Almonds and pecans, melba toast, bread and butter pudding, creamy vanilla fudge.

Finish: Espresso, almonds and mocha.

Awards and Reviews

Gold Medal, International Wine & Spirit Competition London – 2010
Gold Medal, International Spirit Challenge London – 2010
Gold Medal – Prodexpo Competition, Russia – 2007
Silver Medal – Internationaler Spirituosen Wettbewerb, Neustadt, Germany – 2007
Bronze Medal – The International Wine & Spirit Competition, London – 2007
Gold Medal – China International Wine & Spirits Challenge – 2006
Silver Medal- The International Wine & Spirit Competition, London – 2006
Distinction Award – Scottish Field Whisky Merchants – 2006
Silver Medal – International Wines & Spirits Competition, London – 2005
“Exceptional” – USA Beverage Tasting Institute – 2004
Gold Medal – San Francisco World Spirit Competition, USA – 2003
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Jim Murray is recognised internationally as the leading commentator on the world’s whiskies and Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible, published yearly, is the world’s biggest selling whisky book.
2012 

Score: 94.5
Comments: 

”Fruity concoction of apples and pears topped with vanilla ice cream… one of the noses of the year. 

Soft, indeed every bit as gentle as the label promises, as the light oils coat the palate with a fabulously intense and delicately sweetened barley skin. 

A wonderful, multi-layered interplay between malt and oak-vanillas… hugely sophisticated.”