Tormore 1994 Cask Strength Gordon & Macphail

Tormore 12 Year Old

I personally love exploring the not so mainstream expressions out there and so it was quite exciting when I spotted this 12 year old Speyside in a friend's bar the other night. It has a typical Speyside nose with butterscotch, honey and almond. Citrusy overtones come next followed by something a touch floral wrapped in a haze of morning dew....

Score 86/100

Tormore 1995/2013 Gordon&MacPhail for The Whisky Mercenary

Tormore is the obscure distillery that marks the beginning of an era, namely the 60’s, when rapid expansion and modernisation destroyed much of the traditional whisky heritage while sawing the seeds of the impending doom of the 80’s. But unlike her contemporaries this distillery was no moloch of concrete and corrugated iron. Architecturally wise...

Score 86/100

Tormore 25 Year Old 1995 The Whisky Agency

This is another nice joint bottling between the German The Whisky Agence on the one hand and the Japanese Three Rivers Tokyo on the other. It is a Tormore that matured for a quarter of a century. The nose is rather austere, if that makes sense. A lot of malt sugars and cereals, some white fruit but especially mineral and herbal notes that...

Score 85/100

Tormore 16 Year Old

This is only my 7th Tormore. It is the new release in the brand new packaging and matured for 16 years on American oak. The nose bursts with vanilla cookies, chocolate, all kinds of nuts and loads of butterscotch. I am reminded of the Café Noir cookies, actually. Hints of chocolate, gooseberries and apricots. This is rather good. It is quite light...

Score 85/100