Tomintoul 1976

Tomintoul 12 Year Old 2006 McShelfie #3

The third and final (for now) club bottling of McShelfie (a Belgian whiskyclub) is this Tomintoul from 2006, matured on a combination of refill hogsheads and refill oloroso hogsheads. I do not have a long track record of Tomintoul as this is only my 16th and most of those I tried were much older. So I do not really have any reference. Wonderfully...

Score 84/100

Tomintoul Five Decades / Bot.2015 / 50th Anniversary

The Tomintoul distillery is quite young. It was only founded in 1965. So in 2015 she celebrated her 50th birthday. This Five Decades was bottled to celebrate that milestone. And like the name suggests, this whisky is composed with Tomintoul from 1965, 1975, 1985, 1995 and 2005. Surely you understand why they declined putting an age statement on...

Score 88/100

Tomintoul 16 Year Old

The nose is rancid and sharp: I am getting an overriding sense of apple cider vinegar and lemon rinds. The palate is better with warm barley malt, hay, grass . . . ah heck, I can't go on . . . this stuff is a sorry excuse for a single malt scotch in this age and price range. Don't buy it unless you can get it for less than $40 (American dollar). ...

Score 79/100

Tomintoul Peaty Tang

I first ran across this dram in the pub of a depressing hotel in the town of Tomintoul. It helped cheer me up and when I got back home I tracked a bottle down. Considering the price (about $40) this is a solid malt, one that can hold its place with many expensive offerings. Sure wish this was bottled at 46% - then Tomintoul would really have a...

Score 84/100