Tobermory 9 Years Old 2008 Cask #1620603 (Duncan Taylor)

Duncan Taylor bottled this Tobermory matured to 9 year old from 2008, drawn from cask 1620603 and bottled at 52.6%. The outturn was 82 bottles. Tobermory is the unpeated malt of the island's only distillery, founded in 1798 by John Sinclair. Burn Stewart revived the distillery in 1993, and Distell of South Africa bought it in 2013.

The spirit was made in the high reflux stills from unpeated barley, for a fruity, waxy make with a green lift. Ex-Sherry wood added a dried fruit richness to the oily make. Still young, it is fruity and oily with a nutty edge. A waxy texture carries the cask flavour across long 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. The distillery's history is broken by long silences; its buildings once stored a local cheddar.

At a natural 52.6% it is bold and full. Pear, oily malt and a green note, and raisin and a nutty sherry depth build. A green note and a gentle spice give it depth. A long, oily finish ends on orchard fruit. This is the fruity side of the Isle of Mull's distillery.