Tomatin reviews

Nose: Butter brickle; vanilla bean, guava, tundra flowers; pine resin.Palette: Thin mouthfeel that is less than satisfying; red apples; toffee; caramel nougat; rice krispy treats; vanilla, oak.Finish:…

The Tomatin distillery lies halfway between Aviemore and Inverness at a height of 315 meters in the Monadhliath Mountains and is in Japanese hands. This indie bottling from Chester matured for 19 years…

When I told the owner of the place I was odering this dram, he looked at me with a grin and said "Good for you! I'm going to go grab this one for you." He got up from his seat, and walked down to the…

I ordered this dram for several reasons. One, I wanted to try another new distillery. But mainly, I ordered this as a preamble to it's grandfather, a vintage I was going to be ordering following this one…

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…

I am far from knowledgeable when it comes to Tomatin, as this is only the 13th one I am tasting. But this surely is one of the eldest I am trying. Only 103 bottles were produced by the Belgian bottler…

On April 30th 2010, I was introduced to the Carn Mor Vintage Collection from the Scottish Liqueur Center. The series consists 24 different malts from 24 different casks, 24 distilleries and 24 different…

This Tomatin was a gift from a friend. It was distilled in 1977 (the year Star Wars premiered) and bottled in 1998. There is hardly any OBE discernable here, even though it has been held captive in the…

This is an older bottling from end ‘70s, early ‘80s, Italian import (750 ml), with a nostalgic neck label stating: ‘Distilled & Bottled in Scotland Under British Government Supervision’. I got this…

The first time I tasted this Tomatin 25 Year Old was at a Tomatin Tasting with the very funny Graham Nicholson, back in April 2011. It was so good that I purchased the remainder of the bottle to take…