These 1976 Tomatins are well known nowadays… Colour: full gold. Nose: ah yes! Fruit compotes and jams all over the place, plus touches of chocolate and cappuccino, then honey and dried fruits. Need I say more, even if there are myriads of tinier spicy/jammy tones? Absolutely lovely nose. With water: forget water this time, it doesn’t need it. Mouth: symphonic plums and oranges plus kumquats and banana liqueur. Superb notes of tropical fruits as well (passion fruits), a little Demerara sugar… And did I mention plums? And honey? Late harvest white wine? Vanilla fudge? Marmalade?... Finish: long, rich yet perfectly balanced, jammy, with the expected spices in the aftertaste (nutmeg and cinnamon here)… Comments: perfect, even if it’s maybe a tad rougher than other recent 1976s by the same gang. Anyway, great whisky – to think that Tomatin was so unnoticed in the olden days…

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