46°
Distillery : Tomatin - Highlands
Traditional Scotch Whisky Casks and Moscatel de Setùbal Finish
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2022
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Totally Unpeated
On 8 September 2006, what would become Tomatin's Portuguese Collection was distilled. It was transferred to Scotch whisky casks, ,and rested there for over 8 years. On 23 April 2015, everything was poured into three different types of cask, one in Moscatel, another in Port and the last in Madeira. Another 7 years of waiting, and it's finally ready. The three new limited editions are being bottled on the same day, 9 May 2022, to succeed the French Collection released last year. As always, they are not coloured or cold-filtered, but the number of bottles produced has not been disclosed.
Let's Taste It :
Powerful and heady nose of cranberry jam, muscat grapes and pomegranate. Blackcurrant and gooseberry. Earthy background, humus, roots, but it's also delicious, strawberry, raspberry, with a lovely pastry cream, whipped cream, vanilla yoghurt. Successful on the palate, with blood orange, prickly pear, good breadth, spices galore, paprika, nutmeg, ginger, cumin. Wine lees, heather, undergrowth. Long and robust finish, the earth is back, more stony this time. White and grey pepper. Amarena cherries, candied red plums.
In Shot,
A very fine finish in wine casks. The nose is highly aromatic, with a strong personality. The palate and finish are in perfect harmony, and the whole is spectacular and masterful. There's perhaps a little lack of distillery markers. But I'm quibbling, it really is a fine bottling. Beware of the price, which can vary enormously depending on the country and the site, from a little expensive to extremely expensive. Nevertheless, a purchase, at least of this bottle, would not be a folly.
Score : 87
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Thylacine - Anatolia
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