Tomatin 12 Year Old Burns Malt

Tomatin 15 YO Tempranillo Finish

My big sister has done many wonderful things for my whisk(e)y and spirits education, including giving me many wonderful whisk(e)y presents, and letting me sample from her extensive collection of both bizarre and conventional whiskies and other spirits. I was absolutely delighted, when, a little over a year ago, she let me taste her recently...

Score 90/100

Tomatin The Talisman

The Talisman is a whisky blend from Tomatin, 40% ABV, metal cap. I bought it for $10.00 at the local liquor store. What can you expect from a cheap whisky? Some hints of fruits and honey in the nose. Quite some peatiness and notes of grain alcohol. Nice combination of sweetness, malt and peat on the palate, not too lingering, but definitely...

Score 80/100

Tomatin Legacy

So, is the Tomatin Legacy a "rotten tomato?" No, not quite, but it's not a good scotch, either. I only paid $30 for the bottle, so it's not as if I feel cheated. When it comes to Scotch, you get what you pay for . . . at least on the bottom rung of the price ladder. Go up a few rungs, and, well, things change. I've tasted $65 bottles...

Score 71/100

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...

Score 87/100