Tomintoul 1967 Rare Old Gordon and MacPhail

Tomintoul Tlàth

Tomintoul labels itself 'The Gentle Dram'. In August 2016 they announced their newest release, a NAS, under the name Tomintoul Tlàth. This is Gaelic for gentle or soft. Believers say ‘well chosen’, non-believers state ‘well, they did not really spent a lot of thought on that’. But more important is the contents of the bottle, obviously. It matured...

Score 81/100

Tomintoul 14 Year Old

To celebrate the Speyside festival we have a new tasting: hidden gems of speyside. Tomintoul distillery was founded relatively recently in 1965. It takes its name from the nearby village, the highest in the Scottish highlands. Initially Tomintoul went mostly into blends, but recently it has released a range of excellent single malts, and these...

Score 93/100

Tomintoul 45 Year Old 1968 Chester Whisky

The British Chester Whisky & Liqueur Company, a whiskyshop that turned independent bottler, already has four releases on their 2013 rap sheet: Littlemill 1988, Macduff 2000, Bowmore 1998 and this Tomintoul 1968. The oldest Tomintoul I have tried so far with 45 years in the cask (I have tried Tomintoul 1967 as well, but bottled at a slightly...

Score 90/100

Tomintoul Peaty Tang

Tomintoul is an off the radar Speyside distillery featuring age statement bottlings from 10-21 years old as well as some other vintages. This is the Peaty tang, a vatting of 4-5 year old peated malt and 8 year old unpeated. * Nose: Clean and delicate with apple brandy, honey baked pears, some rose floral notes a touch of cream, the ‘peaty tang’ is...

Score 82/100