Tormore 25 Years Old 1989 Cask #2123 (Duncan Taylor)

A Tormore single malt, selected and bottled by Duncan Taylor, aged 25 year old from 1989, drawn from cask 2123 and bottled at 55.4%. Just 190 bottles were filled. Founded in 1958 near Grantown-on-Spey in Speyside, Tormore is a grand Speyside distillery. Purifiers on the spirit stills keep the spirit light and clean.

It was worked through swan neck stills with purifiers, for the light, clean, nutty make Tormore is known for. An ex-Bourbon barrel shaped it, gentle American oak beneath the fruit. Beyond twenty years the malt grows deep and waxy, almond, dried fruit and a polished oak over the citrus. The light, ester rich make takes cask character well across maturation. For most of its life its spirit vanished quietly into blends rather than into bottles of its own. Elixir Distillers bought Tormore in 2022 and are reviving it as a single malt brand. Most of the spirit matures off site, much of it in refill ex-Bourbon wood.

Bottled at a cask strength 55.4%, it is rich. Apple, citrus and a soft almond meet a quiet vanilla from the refill oak. Soft orchard fruit and nut sit behind the sweetness. It finishes clean, fresh and nutty. This is a clean, citrussy Speyside single malt.