Tomintoul 25 Year

Nose: Fruit Palate: blackcurrants and fruitcake. Front forward zing like placing your tongue on a battery. Bitter and weak Finish: surpringly bitter

The nose starts off strong of oak and barley sugar with straw and a distinct creaminess. A slight ripe fruitiness cones through, the use of used cooperage really shines here. The palate starts with a burst of sharp, black pepper, before transitioning into creamy oak, barley sugar and straw. Creamy notes round out the whisky but is delightfully intense, highlighting its age. The finish is medium with a lingering mild pepperiness, with creamy oak and straw backing it up in perfect balance. A wonderful whisky, perfectly highlighting what age can do for Scotch. Dangerously easy to sip on.

Floral fresh nose, mild palate, kind of cool tasting, menthol? Floral finish, really refreshing drink, nice. Different tasking, it is a bit creamy. Very cooling. Nice subtle spice at the finish Juicy - pear juice?

So smooth and complex. Lots of vanilla, as if they were ahead of the barrel trend three decades ago. Gentle genius.