Tomatin 43 Years Old Daily Dram Oat Mint 47.1% 1965

Professional reviews

Serge Valentin (90)

Colour: full gold. Nose: starts fresh and clean, on a typical blend of very fruity notes such as not too ripe bananas and papayas with a very subtle spicy woodiness (cedar wood with a little menthol). Develops more on slightly resinous notes, wax polish, pollen and earl grey tea, the menthol growing rather bigger in the background. Not a wham-bam fruitbomb, rather complex, but as always with these oldies, it’s on the palate that the truth will lie. Mouth: what’s rather striking is this one’s nervousness and freshness, even if the fruitiness is soon to be replaced with a wide assortment of spices from the oak. Cinnamon, nutmeg, even soft chilli, white pepper… Then we’re back on mangos and mint, with even faint notes of strawberries and pear drops, as if the fruits wouldn’t let the rather beautiful oak do all the talking. Finish: rather long, with the kind of oakiness that’s very typical of these whiskies (banana skin) and a tiny wee bit of smokiness. Comments: a very good version where neither the fruits, nor the oak managed to dominate each other.

Whisky Notes (90)

Nose: wonderfully creamy and fruity. It reminds me of a baby fruit puree (banana, apple, orange and a “Vitabis” grain cookie – delicious). Honey. Some frangipane and vanilla. Fresh flowers. Mango. Waxy notes and quite some mint as well. Great how the anagram really works here. Excellent complexity. Mouth: less fruity, much more spices. Nutmeg, mint again, vanilla, pepper, cinnamon. Still some banana, peach and strawberry candy. Oaky, but in a really mellow way. Finish: again some oak and spices (cinnamon and cloves). Hints of bergamot. Long, warm aftertaste.

Very punchy for its age. Great stuff

BOW (92)