Tomatin 1967 45 Year Old Directors' Cut Cask #9315 Douglas Laing

Tomatin 23 Year Old 1997 The Nectar of the Daily Drams

I already tasted this Tomatin during Spirits in the Box, the online version of the festival Spirits in the Sky in November 2020. It is a happy reunion, I can tell you that. The nose is, as expected, very fruity. I get banana and apricots, but also something from cake. A little baby-breath (you know, the smell of a burp right after the fruit...

Score 86/100

Tomatin 12 Year Old

This is a typical aperitif whisky, matured on three types of casks: ex-bourbon refill hogshead, ex-sherry butt and then married for a minimum of three months on an oloroso sherry cask, which explaines the beautiful color. On the nose I get pears, malt and stewed apples. The palate offers mostly oranges and malt. The whole is soft and sweet. The...

Score 78/100

Tomatin Decades

Nose – A lovely sweet maltiness, fruity aromas of fresh peach, apple and pear with gentle hints of dried apricots and raisins. Rich pine and oak wood. The hint of a distant smouldering fire wafts about in the background. Palate – Flavours of tropical fruit, rich Christmas cake, aniseed, cinnamon and creamy fudge. The rich malty sweetness returns...

Score 89/100

Tomatin 11 Year Old 2007 Discovery Gordon & Macphail

The relatively new Discovery series from Gordon & Macphail presents young, affordable entry-level malts. This Tomatin was distilled in 2007 and bottled in 2018 at drinking strength. It all starts a bit yeasty on the nose, I have to say. Although there is fruit – think melon, unripe banana and some baked apples – this nose is still dominated...

Score 82/100