Tomatin 14 Year Old 2002 Selected Single Cask Bottling

This single cask was bottled especially for Premium Spirits, the Belgian importer of Tomatin. This Tomatin was put to sleep on a bourbon cask in 2002, but got a finish on a red wine cask before being bottled at cask strength is 2016. It has a fantastic color. The nose is very aromatic on quince, marzipan, dried apricots and some rhubarb. I get a lovely spiciness with cinnamon and cloves in the lead. It is a tad waxy, which I can appreciate. This is very outspoken and sweet, and simply marvelous. The arrival is very creamy and piquant. The spices are very loud: nutmeg, black pepper, cinnamon and liquorice. But the fruit shines through very nicely. I get some plums, fresh figs, apricots, a bit of caramelized orange peel and a bitterness as if I’ve bitten on a grape pith. But all the flavors are really well integrated, bringing a smile to my face. The finish is long, drying a somewhat bitter from tannins at the death. The wine influence is unmistakable – mostly in the finish – but the spirit kept the wine well under control and put it to work in its favor.

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