The Isle of Mull's Tobermory Distillery has gone ahead and released a marvellous 23 year old single malt, which has been treated to a finishing period in Gonzales Byass sherry casks after ageing in refill hogsheads! Interestingly, this liquid was originally from the popular Tobermory 15 Year Old release in 2008, but it has been allowed a few more years of maturation, letting is fab flavour profile develop further.
Caramelised dates and walnuts, followed by orange, barley, blackcurrant jam and brioche.
Crunchie Bars, melted butter with a subtle salty tang to it, a hint of rum cake, sultana and fig.
Soft vanilla tablet and milk chocolate.
Bought this as part of a tasting set (excellent idea btw) as too expensive to buy without a try first. By all accounts this should have been right up my street, but unfortunately missed the mark. Certainly a good sherry monster and being bottled at 46+% can take a bit of water tuning, in fact it needs some, tuning that is. Good complexity of flavours, good nose and finish, but it just doesn't quite do it for me. I'll try another dram to give it a second chance, and if it hits second time round I'll post a second review.
Really really overpriced
So overpriced
Nice but well well well overpriced
A superb mature sherried whisky
