18 August 2025

18/08/2025 Tormore

Tormore 15yo 1998/2014 (57.4%, Chivas Brothers Cask Strength Edition, B#TM 15 001): nose: how seasonal! Lemon custard, lime-cake filling, βανιλια. It then opens up to a herbaceous profile, with oregano and citrus foliage. We also find crystallised apricots, in which the fruit is almost eclipsed by the sugar. There is a toasted-white-bread side too, perhaps with a lick of honey on it. Breathing time brings this back to the lime-custard-herbs trio, and, this time, we may even detect candied angelica and a dusting of Parmesan. The second nose adds a pinch of tobacco and a pouch of eucalyptus powder, the kind one uses to soothe clogged respiratory canals, for example. Soon enough, we come back to mint sweets, though, intertwined with crushed citrus leaves. Mouth: lively and herbaceous, this has mint sweets more than mint leaves, candied angelica alright, and citrus foliage. Chewing injects a lime paste and attempts to blend it with tame custard. It is not really metallic, yet one may be lured into thinking it is, so clean-cut it is. Clean-cut and a tad bitter, actually. Margarita? However, the dominant (by a hair) on the palate are the mint sweets. Tic Tac, a mint filling in a hard-shell sweet, and lime paste. The second sip dials up the citrus and, next to the now-expected lime, we find pink-grapefruit zest. It does not take long for mint and vanilla to reclaim their throne, which is firmly anchored in a lovely custard. Finish: fresh in the finish too, here are more mint paste and lime foliage blended into a custard-y purée. It is that creamy freshness that persists, when all is said and done. The second gulp is in line. Maybe it has stem ginger and paper paste. Indeed, a slight woodiness leaves its mark, yet it remains in the shadow of the ever-creamy minty citrus. Delicious. 8/10

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