Description

Tomintoul Peaty Tang Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)

Volume: 700ml           ABV: 40%           Age: No Age Statement           Country: Scotland

Tomintoul (pronounced “Tom-in-to’owl”) distillery is built in the highest village in the highlands of Scotland and can sometimes be very hard to access due to the road being blocked with snow and ice in the winter. However hard it is to get here the storage facilities at Tomintoul are huge and boast a warehouse that can accomodate ten million litres of malt within the grounds. The water source is the local Ballantruan Spring and with this water they produce about 3,000,000 litres of spirit annually. The current owners are Angus Dundee plc and the distillery has four stills to produce the spirit. This spirit is mainly used and a very valuable contribution to Whyte and MacKay’s blends.

Did you know, Tomintoul entered the Guinness Book of Records by producing the largest bottle of whisky in the world at 105.3 litres?

Pure ingredients and the natural environment add to smooth and mellow character of this award-winning Tomintoul Speyside Glenlivet Single Malt Scotch Whisky, “the gentle dram”. Tomintoul “With A Peaty Tang” has been made with peated malt barley to give it a deep smoky flavour. This makes “Peaty Tang” very unusual, most distilleries in the Speyside region do not use peat.

Our Tasting Notes

Nose: Heathery smoke, earthy peat, soft oak and creamy caramel.

Palate: Creamy peaty earthiness, cereals, toasted oak, orchard fruits.

Gentle ‘Peat-reek’ flavours expected from a Islay whisky but with a hint of malty nuttiness and fruity sweetness, as you would expect from a Speyside whisky

Finish: The creamy smoke lingers, white pepper and herbal.

Awards and Reviews

Jim Murray is recognised internationally as the leading commentator on the world’s whiskies and Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible, published yearly, is the world’s biggest selling whisky book. 2012 Score: 94

Comments: “A bit more than a tang, believe me! Faultlessly clean distillate

Silver Medal – The International Wine & Spirit Competition, London – 2007
Gold Medal – China International Wine & Spirits Challenge, China – 2006
Bronze Medal – The International Wine & Spirit Competition, London – 2006