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4th October 2023 |
Review of the
new Meikle Tòir The Turbo 5 Year Old
2023 Edition, delicious honey
infused intense peat with a lovely oak
spiced edge leads piggy backing on
equally delicious sugar charged sherried
fruit which is quickly joined by some
lovely coffee notes and some young
vibrant oak spice.
 Meikle
Tòir The Turbo 5 Year Old 2023
Edition
is one of four whiskies recently
unveiled by independent Scotch whisky
distillery The GlenAllachie under their
new peated Scotch single malt whisky
brand Meikle Tòir (pronounced mee-kuhl tor).
Meikle Tòir The Turbo is an extremely
limited annual bottling, this dram
captures the heart of the peated
distillate with the highest phenol
content. Their are only 2,500 bottles of
the 2023 Edition available, it has been
matured in three American virgin oak
casks and five Oloroso Sherry hogsheads
for five years. The resulting whisky is
said to present a robust peat presence
as you can imagine with a phenol content
of 71 PPM, hence its name 'The Turbo',
accompanied by notes of toasted
honeycomb, burnt orange peel, and worn
leather.
Ronan Currie Assistant Blender commented
on The Turbo saying: "A delicious
amalgamation of medium toasted and
medium charred American virgin oak,
first-fill Oloroso Sherry casks, and
intense St. Fergus mainland peat; The
Turbo offers up rich chocolate, cinnamon
spice and campfire smoke in perfect
harmony."
Meikle
Tòir The Turbo 5 Year Old 2023 Edition
is bottled at 50% ABV, it is naturally
coloured and non-chill filtered and has
a RRP of £51 and will be available from
specialist online whisky shops such as
The Whisky Exchange
and
Master of Malt
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Meikle Tòir The Turbo 5 Year Old Review
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Bottled at 50% ABV, naturally
coloured and non-chill filtered.
William
Morrison's
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Surprisingly
a wee bit of a shy gentle nose at first
sniff given the headline 71 PPM but dig
deep and you are rewarded with notes of
light honeyed peat smoke, a touch of
sweet peppery spice, chocolate, coffee,
sultana and raisin, a touch of orange
citrus.
Taste: Delicious
honey infused intense peat with a lovely
oak spiced edge leads piggy backing on
equally delicious sugar charged sherried
fruit which is quickly joined by some
lovely coffee notes and some young
vibrant oak spice.
Finish: A
deliciously long turbo charged,
sherried, peaty finish which mirrors the
taste notes but the sherried oak spice
has had a turbo boost.
Comment:
This is certainly not turbo charged on
the nose, it actually lost a few marks
for its surprisingly shy nose which
doesn't quite let you know of the
delicious peaty, sherried pleasure to
come. On the most important part of any
whisky, the tasting, it is an absolutely
delicious peated, sherried dram in the
mouth, if you enjoy a peated, sherried
dram then grab a bottle of this while
you can as it is fairly limited with
only 2,500 bottles available but it is
priced alongside the rest of the Meikle
Tòir range so thumbs up to GlenAllachie
for not trying to cash in with this one,
as it is outstanding.
SMW Whisky Score
93/100
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