Tobermory 17 Year Old 2004 Oloroso Cask

Tasted one of the 11,124 bottles. Non-chill filtered, natural color, 55.9% alcohol content. Distilled and placed in Oloroso butts on June 8, 2004. Aged 17 years. Bottled in July 2021. Color: Yellow gold. The color didn't suggest intensity, it wasn't a typical Oloroso. Aroma: Caramel, followed by almond, blackcurrant and slightly spicy. Adding water reveals much more aromatic fruit and a very strong coastal influence. Taste: Strongly sherry influenced, also with tropical fruits, walnut, toffee (toffee), balanced with oak. Finish: Unusually dry, but still long and warming to feel it, nutty with a touch of ginger. For me personally this is one of the best whiskies I tasted this year.

Pale amber. Sherry. Spice, mushroom. High alcohol. Strong Sherry, needs ice or water.

(Good Spirits Co. Glasgow – Virtual Whisky Tasting, 17 September 2021). Nose: Hairspray, red summer berries, vanilla, caramel, cream(?), wax and rubber Palate: Toffee, sweet, funky & musty, rubber, oak, summer berries, sherried, spice - allspice & clove Finish: Long finish. Waxy/oily. Orange, citrus, more berries. Leather & tobacco. Baked fruit cake & jam. This is quite a pleasant tasting whisky, but there’s an odd funky, rubbery note throughout that isn’t to my taste. There’s a huge hit of fruit, but this is dampened by the waxiness somewhat. Came joint first out of the six drams, with 29% (6 votes) of the final vote for favourite of the night. 81% (17 votes) of those present said they enjoyed the whiskey.