Tobermory 10 Year

Very crisp and fresh, a big hit of sweet and sour green apples on the palate, a little touch of salt shows up on the finish which is medium long. If you like Arran you will enjoy this, cheers!

Nose: Gristy, grassy and fresh with citrus overtones. A very cereal-driven nose with a bracing medicinal herbal touch. There's also an oily maritime quality to it that I find very attractive and a hint of smoke, but so fleeting as to be just a flight of fancy. Palate: A sweet and tingly spice arrival. It's lightly creamy in character but also crisp and clean. The development is slow and measured, gradually building up flavours of sweet-and-sour citrus, brine, licorice, barley sugar, ginger and peat (not smoke, peat). It has a pleasant texture that is slightly oily but dry. As it rests in the glass it becomes more and more salty. Finish: Medium/long with minty, maritime cereal flavours that have an almost anaesthetic quality that must come from an interaction with wood tannin. This fades to a refined sweetness that lasts and lasts. This is a most interesting and elegant malt with great finesse. I've been meaning to get around to tasting it for some time and I'm not disappointed. It's a subtle one that conveys many impressions. It's maritime, but not the sledgehammer bonfire on the beach sort, nor the blanketing sooty fog rolling in from the Atlantic. It's much more a quiet stroll by yourself on a deserted shingle beach on a cold, cloudy day - oyster shells crunching underfoot, chill surf hissing on the stones and curlews crying in the distance. A most evocative frisson of a whisky - lovely, austere, complex and gentle, like a Hitchcock blonde. "Very Good" : 85/100 (4 stars)

Color: The color for this Scottish island delight is a very light honey gold. The legs are thin but viscous. Nose: The nose hit my nasal cavity with a light alcohol burn, but after acclimating, notes of green grass and hay bales stand way out in front. Honey, baking spices, soaked wood, and honeycrisp apple notes fill out the rest of the amazing bouquet. Taste: The palate contains notes of sea salt, fruits, honey, oaky tannins, malt and dark chocolate. It’s really quite delicious though maybe a little complex. Finish: The finish is medium long in length. The aftertaste is salty, bitter, and almost creamy like a stout beer Thoughts: This scotch was so delicious, vibrant, and full! It had an uncanny resemblance to a stout beer in my opinion, and as that is one of my favorite styles of beer, I really enjoyed it! I think a splash of water brings it down to the perfect level according to my preferences. I would definitely buy this one again, and highly recommend it! Sláinte!

Strong nice bucket of smell and salty at the end taste!! A bit too strong for me.