Tomintoul Cigar Malt

Buttery, strong malt, apple juice, sherry, butterscotch, dried fruit, rhubarb, dried apricots, caramel. Creamy, sweet, medium intensity, moderate body.

The year starts right away with a bad whisky. Let's see if it will be the worst dram for me in 2022.

First cigar malt for me, that actually smells like a freshly lit cigar. Barbecue chops, well done, Other than that, no apparent smoke. The cigar theme remains on the palate in form of the wooden cigar box. Christmas spices, honey, but definitely savoury too. Smoke is delicate and remains somewhat in the background. The finish is sweet and the peat becomes more apparent, long and mild.

Blender Glass my CB 09/15/2020

The smoke is hardly noticeable in the aroma, but it is in the taste.

Amber color with slightly ruby accents. Oily structure.

summery scent, just before the rain in a summer storm. ripe fruit. wood, rum and currants. long finish

Imho this one deserves more praise than it gets. Had it blind recently and was pleasantly surprised. Came after some cask strengths whiskies and still left a positive impact taste-wise. Of course we whish they had presented it more naturally at higher strength, especially regarding the more ambitious pricing for this nas. However the dram itself must be among the best Tomintouls I've had thus far including idependent bottlings. Well done!

S 7.5 Not bad, not bad at all, very expressive. The earthy peat (?) is simply complimenting but not overwhelming. It lacks the delicacy but it's never what we're looking for in a Cigar Malt init. My only complaint is that if they can pimp that abv up to 46/50%, imagine that... 81-85 - Another dram welcomed

The perfect combination for a mild cigar

This is smoky peat and sherry spice, it is definitely the best choice for cigars~~~

On the nose sherry, wood and a slight acidity. The taste is pleasantly mild, fine sherry and very little sweetness.

Colour: amber with a red hue Nose: candied oranges, raisins, dates, very light smoke (I wouldn't call it peated, it's more smoke from the oak) Taste: the label says 'gentle dram' and indeed it's very soft despite its youth (it tastes like a 10-year-old max.) but very sweet, too sweet for me. It didn't pair well with my Hoyo de Monterrey cigar. It would have to be dryer with more leathery/tobacco leaf notes. Now the oloroso cask is too obvious, as if the barrels were not empty when they filled them with whisky... Still a nice malt, but not what I expected and not really my taste. Edit: tasted without cigar this whisky is actually way better. Now I clearly get the light peat touch (almost like Benromach). The taste is also less sweet in absence of the dry cigar smoke. All in all a pretty solid, tasteful malt. Score bumped from 82 to 84.

Nose: Walnut and mixed nuts lead, accompanied by warm cinnamon and polished wood. Palate: Dark and savoury, with malt, chocolate, walnut, toasted oak and a distinctive cigar-box character. Raisin-free rather than conventionally sweet, it develops tobacco, gentle smoke, pepper and warming spice. The texture is surprisingly substantial for 43% ABV. Finish: Nutty and gently drying, with chocolate, toasted oak, malt and lingering cigar smoke. Overall: A distinctive interpretation of sherry maturation rather than a conventional sweet sherry bomb. The lower strength does not prevent the walnut, tobacco and chocolate flavours from coming through clearly. I appreciated its quality and individuality, although the dry, earthy cigar-box character is not especially suited to my palate.

22+22.5+22+22

Very mild, sweet and tasty whisky

Aroma Sweet, tobacco leaves, dried fruits taste Sherry, dried fruit again, creamy finish Medium to long, slightly spicy ginger, sweetish, chocolate

Interesting whisky! With loads of spices, like juniper, anise, liquorice root, smoke, tobacco and cigar. But not too much smoke and cigar. Medium intensity on the palate, with strong and powerful alcohol as well as a long finish.

It's a big wide world of whisky and I'm of the opinion that there's an audience for all different kinds and styles. Still, Tomintoul is a bit of a head-scratcher. Old Ballantruan, the heavily peated version of the spirit, I felt a connection with right away, but it's a very different whisky, and doesnt seem to share much with it's alter ego. This cigar malt is the first of a few OB samples I have from the distillery and I'll admit, I struggle a bit with the whole concept of cigar malts. Smoking and drinking are an infamously tight pairing, but my experience is that smoke deadens my senses for several hours and it seems like a waste of whisky to drink the good stuff while my faculties are out for the count. I did enjoy the one other cigar malt I've tried, which is the Corriemhor, assembled by Richard Paterson a little prior to his move to the Dalmore and, as far as I can tell, the designation simply means a whisky to be enjoyed with a cigar. Tobacco and leather notes are a reccurring theme. And this started fairly promisingly with a characterful nose that immediately evoked box-fresh sensible shoes. Like brogues or something. Orange featured heavily, but malt, wax, background fig and a cakey vanilla that isn't apparent until after 20+ minutes in the glass, had a noticible presence. Not bad at all. The palate and the finish had generally the same profile, plus a few more tannic elements, but delivered them all with what I found to be a frustratingly light touch. For 43%, the texture was quite substantial (whish is similar to the Old Ballantruan), but it didn't carry anywhere near the density of flavour the nose suggested and came across muted on all fronts, leaving space for a metallic tang to remain. Tomintoul's softened intensity and gentle nature is intentional and a highlighted part of the brands presona, so I'm sure it has its targeted demographic and loyal fans, but we didn't click and it left me looking for a more intense experience than it could provide. Which I suppose is fine if you're smoking.

Aroma-Moderate；Palate-84/100; Aftertaste-Medium ；

light and sweet It has a subtle yet light sweet scent. Overall, I think whisky is light. Aromas of sherry and dried fruit are felt, and the intuitive scent of cigar leaves is distinctly felt. As I put it in my mouth, I can feel the light and creamy body as I thought. But the taste is not light. You can feel the sweetness and fruit of sherry and the scent of cigar. The finish is subtle sweetness and a lingering aftertaste of creamy sherry. The afterglow is still fairly thin. Delicious cigar malt whisky. On this day, I paired my cigar with Davidoff Specialty, and the character of the cigar was so strong that this whisky felt like a slight push from the bottom. Rather, it would have shown greater synergy if it was matched with other similar cigars.