• Nose: 22 Palate: 22 Finish: 22 Balance: 22 Total: 88
  • Nose: Light brine, leather, smoked ham and a hint of berries
  • Palate: Salty, apples and bacon
  • Finish: Medium - it left a tingly burn on my lips. Salty, chocolate and cured meats
  • Type: Single Malt
  • Age: 18
  • ABV: 56.3%
  • Distiller: Tobermory (Distell)
  • Where made: Tobermory, Isle of Mull, SCOTLAND
  • Region: Islands
  • Approximate Price: $150
  • Value: OK

Special thanks to Matt Coldrick for offering me a very generous dram for this tasting! This single-cask bottling, Batch 19/067, by Gordon & MacPhail was distilled on 13 June 2001 and bottled on 20 June 2019. It was matured in a refill sherry butt that surprisingly yielded only 202 bottles.