Gordon & MacPhail 1994 Connoisseurs Choice Tormore 26 Year Old
A first fill sherry butt #8355 bottled May 2021. Cask strength 58.0% with notes of toffee, fruitcake, oprgange peel, spiced plum, dark chocolate, oak and roasted hazelnuts. Tormore 26 Year Old 1994 vintage Speyside single malt Scotch whisky. Single first fill sherry butt #8355 bottled May 2021 by Gordon & MacPhail for the Connoisseurs Choice series. 596 bottles.
NOSE: DARK TOFFEE AND BROWN SUGAR AROMAS INTERTWINE WITH UNDERLYING VANILLA. SULTANA FRUITCAKE DEVELOPS ALONGSIDE CINNAMON , CLOVE SPICE AND HINTS OF ORANGE ZEST.
TASTE: SMOOTH WITH SPICED PLUM FLAVOURS, SWEET RED APPLE AND SUBTLE COCOA. CHARRED OAK AND UNDERLYING COFFEE BEAN FLAVOURS DEVELOP.
FINISH: A MEDIUM FINISH WITH HAZEL NUT AND ANISEED.
Tormore Distillery was established in 1958 in the Speyside whisky region to supply malt whisky to blending houses. It was designed by Sir Albert Richardson, President of the Royal Academy and is set in stunning landscaped gardens. Resplendent with green-coppered roofs, decorative pagoda roofs, a clock tower and clock which still chimes Scottish tunes, a rectangular curling pond, topiary and houses for the staff. Tormore Distillery is now operating with eight stills in its tall still house and Tormore malt whisky is still mostly flowing into scotch blends. Whilst official bottling are sparse it features amongst the ranges of a number of independent bottlers including Signatory Vintage and Connoisseurs Choice.