Tobermory 12 Years Old 2008 Cask #1626607 (Duncan Taylor)

From Duncan Taylor comes this Tobermory, a 12 year old release from 2008, drawn from cask 1626607 and bottled at 54.5%. Only 111 bottles were released. Made on the Isle of Mull, Tobermory is the unpeated single malt of the island's sole distillery. The single malts are bottled without chill filtration at 46.3 percent or higher.

Distilled from unpeated malt in kinked copper stills on soft Mull water, giving the oily, fruity island make. Maturation in sherry laid dried fruit over the fruit. By this age the oily spirit rounds into nutty fruit and a waxy depth. Years in oak round the spirit, the fruit and wax deepening with age. Mull's maritime climate works into the maturing casks over the years. It is one of the oldest commercial distilleries in Scotland still working. Tobermory has distilled in the island's harbour town since 1798. The town of Tobermory was laid out by the British Fisheries Society a decade before the distillery came.

At its natural 54.5% it is concentrated. Orchard fruit, wax and a nutty note, and sherried dried fruit and a nutty edge come through. A baked apple and a nutty note lift it. A long, waxy finish carries a green lift. This is Tobermory, the unpeated malt of the Isle of Mull.