ABV: 43 %
Origin: Highlands
Type: Single malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 1
Impression: 2/5

Tasting notes
Nose: This is fruity and malty. At first there’s a mix of bright, fresh fruits, ginger and vanilla. It’s young and a bit spirity, but not in an intrusive way. When it settles there are honey and baking spices added to the mix. There’s a lemony top note mixed with a hint of oak forming as well. This is a good nose. It’s straight forward, easy to access and simple, yet not boring.

Mouth: It starts out with a center part consisting of vanilla, honey and malt while there’s a fresh apple note on top. It’s quite spirity and a bitter note soon forms in the background while the apples are joined by a whole fruit basket with assorted fresh fruits. There’s a liquorice and oak layer forming on the sides and it somewhat doesn’t match the rest of the flavours. Everything feels a bit disorganised and unbalanced at this point.

Finish: A gentle spicyness spreads out over the palate and first out is a dry new oak and the bitter note in the back. The oak revives the fruit basket and when the oak and the, now quite harsh, distillate starts to fade there’s a fruity and floral finish. Vanilla and sweet liquorice are following along as well as the ginger note. This is a decent whisky which has some really nice flavours within, but it’s too spirity and unbalanced overall.

Additional information
The Legacy was relaunched in 2016 as the entry level in Tomatin’s core range. It’s been aged in a combination of american ex-bourbon oak barrels and virgin oak casks for an undisclosed amount of time.

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