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KWM 2020 Whisky Calendar Day 17: Tobermory 12 Year Old

Posted on November 7, 2021

by Evan

We are headed off of Jura and moving North for Day Seventeen of our 2020 KWM Whisky Calendar. We visited this island once already on Day Four. If your memory serves, it will tell you we are heading back to the Isle of Mull, this time for the unpeated side of Tobermory Distillery with the Tobermory 12-Year-Old.



I have not yet been to the Isle of Mull, but the town of Tobermory seems like it would picturesque town to visit. With a row of houses along the waterfront painted in bright colours, it looks like it could be located in parts of Italy or Greece if it wasn't for the surrounding trees and foliage. The waterfront view has been used on many different UK television shows because of this.

The town Tobermory is located on the Northern part of Mull and was founded in 1788, a decade before Tobermory Distillery came to being. The town was intentionally built and engineered to be a fishing port by the British Fisheries Society. Today, the population sits around 1,000.



The Tobermory 12 Year Old that we will be tasting today was just introduced in the summer of 2019, at around the same time that the distillery reopened being closed for two years of heavy renovations. The 12 Year is the flagship of the Tobermory lineup - and it replaced a 10-year old that was the previous main bottle in the range. That range is small currently, with the 12-Year-Old and the Ledaig 10 being the main and only regular bottlings from the distillery that reach Alberta.

We have already tasted the heavily peated style from Tobermory. How does the unpeated version stand up? Time to find out!



Tobermory 12-Year-Old - 46.3%

Also available in 50ml Mini bottles

Evan's Tasting Note

Nose: Full of lemons, limes and grassy notes. Olive oil, apples, pears, lemongrass, green onions, mint leaves, sea salt a good amount of minerality.

Palate: Oily, salty, warm and toasty with notes of toasted almonds, cracked pepper, lemon tarts, apple strudel, shortbread cookies and a touch of ginger.

Finish: Clean and fresh with salty and citrus-driven with a soft nutty note on the fade.

Comment: Crisp, salty and fresh this dram is. A solid 12 year that balances fruit and minerality nicely.

Pretty tasty stuff in my opinion. Almost a palate cleanser in style, like lemon sherbet. I am more of a Ledaig fan, but I would never turn this Tobermory down! See you tomorrow for Day Eighteen!

Cheers,
Evan
evan@kensingtonwinemarket.com
Twitter and Instagram: @sagelikefool

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