Tomatin 9 Year Old 2009 (cask 3554) - Single Cask

For a little more, the Hazelburn 14 Oloroso basically drowned this bigger. Decent dram without the 'X' factor

16th December 2019

Says it all

4th December 2019

Nobody could doubt the quality of the cask employed here, or the quality of the presentation, as both are as good as could be wished for. Sadly the limiting factor is the spirit itself. Whilst Tomatin is a clean, well-made whisky, it is two-dimensional almost to the point of being boring, with very little in the way of flavour development beyond the initial sherry-soaked attack of the arrival. This is a pleasant whisky, which no drinker of any experience would refuse, but Macallan, Ardbeg, Springbank et al aren't going to be sweating about competition from Tomatin distillery any time soon. The big names are the big names for a reason. You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear.

4th December 2019

Spot on full oloroso maturation, beautiful chocolatey mouthfeel - this is why non-chill filtering is so important, someone picked a really good cask here, only reason I can imagine these didn't sell out immediately was lack of publicity as the price was a very rare modern example of an exemplary scotch at a fair price, knocks abunadh into a cocked hat.

19th July 2019