Tomintoul 14 Year Old 2009 PX Sherry Quarter Cask Finish

Tomintoul 14yo 2009 PX A limited edition single malt from Speyside's Tomintoul distillery was distilled in 2009 and spent 14 years maturing. After an initial stint in American oak bourbon casks, the whisky was treated to a finish in a host of Pedro Ximénez sherry quarter casks sourced by master distiller Robert Fleming before it was bottled at 46% ABV, without added colour or chill filtration. Tasting Notes: Nose - Rich, sweet layers of nutty maple, prunes, and dates, with chocolate fudge and fragrant oak. The colour is age burnished copper dark and promising the things to come, it is natural colour no colour added. Palate - All the richness from the nose carries through, with dark chocolate truffles, maple and pecans and spiced sultanas, and earthy notes of roasted nuts and coffee in the depths. The spirit itself is dense almost thick in its presentation and dumps flavour which leaves you wanting more. Finish - Warming, sweet layers of baking spice, chocolate-coated coffee beans and nuts. I have a particular soft spot for Tomintoul, inspite that the normal offerings are usually proofed to death at 40% ABV and chill filtered (A sin in my book) but I forgive them thier folly's because the spirit is so dammed good inspite of that. This 14 YO PX just shows off what this great distillery can deliver given a little more freedom from the accountants and marketing people.