Tobermory 17 Year Old - Single Cask (Master of Malt)

Love this Tobermory! It a rich, meaty dram with bags of flavour. From my brief notes from Birmingham and recollection it shares similarities to the standard 10 Year Old, but everything has been increased, like it has been put through and amplifier and played at full blast. The colour of this 17 year old is very pale, like a white wine. Being naturally coloured, only taking the colour from maturing in the refill hogshead during the seventeen year maturation. The nose is rich and meaty, a definite peppery note, almost chilli like, yet with a balsamic sweetness with soy sauce and pine cones, conifer forest as the Master of Malt notes say. I wasn't able to find the chocolate on this dram however, but I love the nose of this one. The empty glass the following morning is also appealing; malty with some chocolate notes which I found at last. This has a big powerful entry, it's peppery, malty, with a rich sweetness again reminding me of a balsamic/soy sauce dressing and there's a light briny maritime edge to it too. The spicy peppery notes remained to the end with some sweet toffee notes at the end. Dave Worthington Whisky Discovery