Tomatin
8.1

Tomatin

Five Virtues Fire Edition

ABV 46%

The dryness of the palate balances out that creamy vanilla nicely.

Laura Foster

Specification

Tomatin

Brand

Five Virtues Fire Edition

Expression

Single Malt

Type

No age statement

Age (Years)

2017

Year of Bottling

46%

ABV

Highland

Region/Country

Standard (Distillery or blended)

Bottling Type

Tasting Notes

Laura Foster

Taster

Nose: Warm oat cakes, apricot jam, orange peel and heather honey, scattered with spices (vanilla and black pepper) and fennel seeds atop a bed of wet chalk and playdough.

Palate: Oat cakes smeared with a big dollop of vanilla and butterscotch, and dried out by black pepper, black tea, fresh red chilli, wood varnish, anise-y fennel seeds and a sweeter Parma Violet note.

Finish: Numbing chilli heat and more vanilla.

Comment: The dryness of the palate balances out that creamy vanilla nicely.

Score: 7.6

Mark Newton

Taster

Nose: Honeycomb, shortbread with plenty of honey and baked pears. Vanilla fudge and brown sugar, with chocolate digestives.

Palate: Stewed apples and floral honey, with a malty undercurrent. Blackcurrants. The grassiness is another layer and there’s \r\noodles of ginger, vanilla, apricots and candied fruits.

Finish: Warming and spicy, with honey beginning to mellow and dominate.

Comment: Precisely what one imagines when picturing a classic whisky from this region. Marvellous.

Score: 8.7

8.1
Overall Score

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