Tomatin 30 Year

I saw this on the shelf at around 300, so I decided to grab a bottle and give it ago. Half a bottle later this is a total stunner. Nose: malt, pears, almost a sweet beer, leather, walnut Palate: Really lively, with soft caramel, treacle, and almost a baked pie crust, this is followed by leather, very sweet tobacco, and dates. Finish: long, oily, more sweet malt and leather, really lovely soft. Would buy again, compares well with many of my other more aged scotchs

Nose: A wood cabin on a perfect spring day, just warm enough to wake the walls from their winter slumber. A jar of honey sits on the kitchen table. Palate: Interesting... Bready, slightly sweet, something slightly savory, like refried beans of all things. Finish: Long, with a hint of mint. This was a difficult one to parse from one pour in a bar. Different and worthy of more investigation, but didn’t immediately make me covet a bottle.

Again distiller is off base. An amazing whisky and quite lively for a 30 year old. An appropriate drink for ones 30th birthday, like mine.