Gordon & MacPhail Discovery Range Tomatin 2008 (10 year old) 43%
Bourbon/ Tasted: Aug 2019
A nose of waxy apple, barley, lime and subtle but gritty American oak. Hints of vanilla, straw and pecan nut follow.
The palate is fuller and shows more creamy oak and toffee. Relatively straightforward but deep with barley and lime notes on the middle. Good citric finish with lingering malt, straw and minerals.
Gordon & MacPhail Discovery Range Tomatin 2009 (12 year old?) 43%
Bourbon/ Dist: 2009 Btl: 2021/ Tasted: May 2022
A fresh, citric and slightly herbal nose with taught barley and hints of vanilla, lemon and late sweeter barley notes.
The palate is fuller and richer, showing more vanilla oak. Soft and juicy with barley, white fruit, apricot and citrus on the middle. Lovely balance and depth. Long, vanilla, citurs and barley finish with a pleasant white chocolate after-taste.
Gordon & MacPhail ‘Connoisseurs Choice’ Tomatin 1988 (22 year old) 43%
Refill American Hogshead/ Dist: 1988 Btl: June 2010/ Tasted: June 2011
A beautiful fragrant nose, liberally imbued with pure cracked black pepper, light oily honey shot through with barley and displaying a lovely maturity to honeyed aromas. With time some rather good, juicy fruit and integrated oak become apparent and it becomes quite malty and really fills out.
The palate is soft and juicy with a gorgeous complexity of light honey and granity notes. It has a lovely, soft maturity which gently builds and fills the mouth with plenty of malt and barley. That pepper arrives on the middle with a serious intensity and lingers right through to the finish where some lovely, light orange notes appear.
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