Tomatin 2006 Portuguese Collection Madeira Casks 15 yo

 

 

 

46°

Distillery : Tomatin - Highlands 

Traditional Scotch Whisky Casks and Madeira Finish

Original Bottling 

Limited Edition 

Single Malt 

Bottled in 2022

Unchilfiltered, Uncoloured

Totally Unpeated

 

 

 

The Portuguese Collection is a set of three limited-edition expressions released very recently. Each was finished in Portuguese wine casks, after 8 years of initial maturation in traditional Scotch Whisky casks. All distilled on 8 September 2006, then transferred to a different type of casks on 23 April 2015, they were bottled on the same day, 9 May 2022. These three bottlings are therefore complementary. It is not known how many bottles are on sale.

 

 

 

Let's Taste It : 

The nose is very full-bodied, rich and varied from the outset, but a little evanescent. Red plum, muscat grape, slightly earthy, pastoral. Some vegetables, courgette flower and stuffed aubergine. A little delicacy, a gooseberry stuffed in whipped cream, a sphere of sugar. Dense on the palate, but a little drying, tannins, wood bark, slightly oily spices, nutmeg, sandalwood, black pepper. Strong finish, heather earth, fern, humus, almost forest-like. A touch of charcoal perhaps. Cola.

 

In Short, 

The Madeira is both lighter and fatter on the palate, with a surprisingly earthy consistency. I like it, but I find it the least successful of the three. It's similar to Port, but less interesting. The price remains the same, very variable, and often too expensive. A purchase is possible, however, for informed connoisseurs.

Score : 86

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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