Tomintoul Tempranillo Cask Finish (70cl, 40%)

A Speyside single malt whisky from Tomintoul Distillery, founded in 1965 in the Cairngorms National Park. Single malt matured in former American oak bourbon barrels is selected, married and finished in Spanish Tempranillo wine casks. Master Distiller Robert Fleming assembles it in small batches as part of the Contemporary Cask Finish Collection, a no-age-statement range of cask-finish bottlings, at 40%. The fruit-led character combines jam and cooked fruit with caramel sweetness and pastry notes, with pepper, ginger and toasted oak adding spice. Darker coffee and chestnut notes follow chocolate and raspberry in the finish. On the nose, strawberry jam and cooked fruit meet caramelised toffee and syrup-soaked sponge cake, with vanilla and chamomile. The palate brings mixed berry compote, brandy snap and custard pastry with white pepper, toasted oak and cappuccino. The finish lingers with dark chocolate, raspberry and syrup-soaked ginger, moving to espresso and roasted chestnut.