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Fantastic nose, but far too much bitter wood for my taste.

Nice balances, oloroso and oak is not too heavy, the distillery character felt well.

Harmonious, multi-layered sherry aroma. Very good.

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it holds a certain old armagnac quality.. wine-y and oakey.. thick without being syrupy.. it spells OLD in capital letters.. there’s irish coffee in the nose, with a hefty dose of bitter cherry preserve and vanilla.. on the taste buds, this could be one of those forgotten sherry casks where, after decades, the sherry turns to thick marmelade (supposedly) and you can eat it with a spoon.. strong oak in the after-taste and quite rough.. i crave for another caresse from the sweet, old sherry.. absolutely a whisky for the higher echelons, up there with Macallan 10 and the old, sherried Mortlachs..

second try

Not unique, but certainly a very, very good, well-balanced sherried Tobermory that is better and more "smooth" and less dirty than the Glengoyne 25 OB or a recent Glendronach 1990 26yo #2973. No sulfur. Kinda dusty, leathery (typical older Tobermory/Ledaig), and has this hay in a barnyard component in addition to its well-integrated sherry. I would buy this if it was less than $400, but nowadays, impossible. I'm glad to have tried it but will not compete for these in auctions.

Nose: damn, what a power! Cured pear, wood smoke, 50 tones of sherry, resin, jerked meet, cough syrup and herbs. Taste: very rich and oily, you can literally chew it, nuts, coffee, leather, white pepper, warm oak, smoke. Finish: long, smoky, powerful sherry and nice old oak, becomes dry and fresh closer to end which is very cool. Score = 24 24 24- 24, 96/100!

This is a very special, very, very special whisky of great complexity. Such whiskys can no longer be found for less than 1,000 euros, maybe in a very good and very individual Glendronach Single Cask, but even then you have to be prepared to pay around 700-800 euros. It reminds me of one of the most special whiskys I've ever had, but it's not quite as crazy as the Tomatin 1965, 41yo from JW (ID 1509). Exciting and delicious, a malt to refill again and again and still rediscover. Absolute pleasure whisky.

A better one of the older Tobermory, I mean 32 years and above

Tried it quite a few times, but the one we opened yesterday was just perfect and had perfect cork (which is rare occasion). Stunning combo of smoked pears and generous old sherry. 24 24 24 24

Tobermory 1972 32 yo Tasting in the blind. Rot, dust, mushrooms, forest litter, plastic bag, mushroom broth, old crumpled skin, pears stewed in marsala, the varnish disappears, eucalyptus, sage, herbs, freshness, grass faded excellent balance. Dried fruits, sweet prunes. A beautiful molt! Completely my style, if the sherry is just that !!! Age, strength guessed.

It was as if I was wrapped in an old, dusty velvet curtain of a provincial theater. And yes, old furniture, old wood, old varnish that the cabinetmaker just removed. A field full of red ripe berries. The taste is intelligent, balanced and harmonious. The finish is long, soft, with a slight touch of cinnamon, leaving a noble aftertaste.

Another delicious spirit-cask balanced malt from Tobermory!

Best sherried Scotch whisky 1936 vintage onwards, 75 whiskies tasted. This whisky was 16th ,out of 75 Whisky Heaven 96 points average. 1) Glen Cawdor 1964/1983 43%Duthies for Samaroli 95/96/96 - 96 Gold Medal Drams 95 Points average 2) Caperdonich 1966 32 year cask 134 53.1% Signatory 95/95/95 - 95 3) Glen Avon 1974 sherry cask 59.9% G&M 94/95/95 - 95 4) Inchgower 1975 25 year 49.7% cask 9176 Kingsbury 94/95/95 - 95 5) Strathisla 1967/1986 57% Duthies for Samaroli 94/95/95- 95 6) Glengoyne 1972 40 year 55.5% Mos 1244 Diamonds 96/95/94 - 95 7) Inchgower 1965 39 year cask 5423 48.1% Jack Wiebers 95/94/95 – 95 *8) Macallan 1952 15 year 80 proof Rinaldi Import* 85/96/94 – 92 But 95 for palate & finish average. Note The Macallan 1952 probably would have come 2nd if the nose had scored similar to the palate and finish, it would be unfair to push it any further down the pecking order and it was, along with the Glen Cawdor 1964 the only whisky I gave a 96p for the palate. It is where it is because the nose let it down and had a burnt off note I did not like but the taste was lovely. Silver Medal Drams 94 Points average 9) Tobermory 1972 23 year 50% MI De Viris Illlustribus 94/95/94 - 94 10) Glenfarclas 105 40 year 60%OB 94/95/94 – 94 11) Glen Mhor 30 year Bar Metro 60.1% 94/95/94 – 94 12) Dallas Dhu 1982 24 year cask 3739 OB 93/95/94 - 94 13) Springbank 35 year 46% Millenium OB 93/95/94 - 94 14) Macallan 1939 70 proof GM OB 93/95/94 - 94 15) Glenglassaugh 1972 38 year cask 2891 59.1% ob 94/94/95 - 94 19247 *16) Tobermory 1972 OB purple label 32 year 49.5% 94/95/93 – 94 17) Longmorn 1968 SMWS 7.27 53.8% 93/94/95 - 94 18) Aberfeldy 19yr manager’s dram 1991 61.3% 94/94/94 - 94 19) Balblair 1966 38 year 44% ob 94/94/94 - 94 20) Speyburn 1975 cask 3413 55.4%OB 94/94/94 - 94 41085 21) Glen Avon 15 year 57% Avonside whisky 93/94/94 – 94 22) Glen Grant 1964 50 year cask 4462 gm 93/94/94 - 94 23) Glenlossie 1972 17 year 57.7% Sestante 93/94/94 – 94 24) Tamnavulin 35 year Forrester cask 3087 52.6% OB 93/94/94 - 94 25) Blair Athol 21 year moon import the cars 93/94/94 - 94 26) Talisker 1981 20 year 62% 93/94/94 - 94 27 )Longmorn 1972 33 year laird bottling 43.7% 93/94/94 -94 28) Mortlach 14 year 57% sestante 95/93/94 - 94 Bronze Medal Drams 93 Points average 29) Balmenach 14 year 1971 57.5% ob sestante 93/94/93 - 93 30) Glenugie 1967 59.5% sherry wood Sestante 92/94/93 - 93 31) Talisker 1957 57% GM black label 92/93/94 - 93 32) Glenfarclas 21 year unblended 51.5% Edward Giaccone 93/94/92 – 93 33) Jura 1966 30 year 51.6% cask 1868 Signatory 92/93/94 - 93 34) springbank 1966 58.1% cask 443 LB 95/93/92 - 93 35) Highland Park 1973 34 year OB cask 6384 46.5% 92/93/93 - 93 36) Tamdhu 1962 44 year 43% GM 92/93/93 - 93 37) Millburn 1967 34 year omc 50% 93/92/94 - 93 38) Laphroaig 1998 20 year cask 700296 54.6 WM 94/92/93 93 39) Glenrothes 1947 28 year 43% ferrarato OB 94/93/91- 93 40) Strathisla 1963 48 year 51.8% cask 576 GM 94/92/92 – 93 92 points average 41) Talisker 1955 50 year Secret Stills GM 91/93/92 - 92 42) Bunna 1968 34 year 43.5% OB 93/93/91 – 92 43) Glengoyne 1969/98 cask 3525 51.6% OB 93/93/91 - 92 44) Glenlochy 1965 32 year cask 1528 47.9% 92/92/93 - 92 45) Tomintoul 1966 44 year cask 5261 49.1% JW 93/92/92 - 92 46) Caperdonich 1972 39 year cask 52.8% TWA 91/92/93 - 92 47) Pride of Strathspey 1939 43 year gm (Macallan) 95/92/90 - 92 48) Macallan 1958/59 25 year Anniversary OB 94/92/91 - 92 49) Glenlossie 1938 43 years 40% GM 93/92/91 - 92 50) Glenrothes 1966 36 year 51.8% cask 1438 OB 94/91/91 – 92 51) Avonside 1938 39 year 43% (Glenlivet) GM 94/92/90 - 92 91 points average 52) Miltonduff 1966 22 year Pluscarden Valley 58.4% 88/93/93 - 91 53) Avonside 1938 33 year 43% (Glenlivet) GM 89/93/92 - 91 54) Glendronach 1972 cask 706 43 year 51.1% 90/92/92 – 91 55) Glenfarclas 1964 40 year NC 1578 Recheirich 91/92/91 - 91 56) Strathisla Decanter, Milton Distillery, William Longmire 90/92/91 - 91 (Very rare whisky, early 1950`s peated Strathisla) 57) Longmorn 1972 37 year 51.3% TWA 92/91/91 -91 58) Highland Park 1960 dumpy 17 year 43% OB Ferraretto 92/91/90 - 91 59) Glenrothes 1972 29 year Restricted Release 43% OB 90/91/91 - 91 60) Aberlour 1964 25 year 43% OB 93/90/91 – 91 61) Bowmore 1956 43% OB, pure islay malt seagull label 94/90/88 – 91 62) Macphail’s 1938 Dram Taker’s 40% GM 92/92/89 – 91 63) Bowmore 1970 34 year cask 4689 56.6% 92/91/89 – 91 90 points average 64) Old Speyside 1966 40 year 45.6% Taste Still 87/92/91 - 90 65) Strathisla 1937 37 year 40% 70 proof GM 90/91/89 – 90 66) Highland Park dumpy 19 year 43% OB Ferraretto Imp 91/90/89 – 90 67) Benriach 1984 28 year 50.2% cask 1050 OB 89/89/91 - 90 89 points average & under 68) Auchentoshan 1970 21 year 43% ob, sherry 93/87/88 - 89 69) Longmorn 1972 39 year 45% LMDW 93/88/87 - 89 70) Macallan 1962 25 year anniversary OB 43% 89/88/88 - 88 71) Glen Grant 1936 decanter 50 year gm 85/89/88 - 87 72) Ben Nevis 1967 41 year, cask 1281 49.4% 87/85/91 – 87 73) Glen Grant 1953 58 year 47.9% GM 85/83/82 – 83 74) Glenlossie 1975 44 year cask 2907 GM 86/65/70 – 73 Tried right at the end Bonus Dram Daftmill cask 029/2009 sherry 61.1% 91-92 points average

Gourmet, complex, easy to drink, rich, intellectual, simple, luminous, excellent… I love it.

aroma: swamps, wetlands, fresh tobacco, forest fruits (blackberries), white hard candy. old pharmacies, herbs, rotten raspberries taste: fruity and marshy again, tobacco, ashtray, wet stones covered with plum compote, sea finish: earthy, herbal rating: 7.5

Lots of dirt, dust, mold, and a damp basement. Lots of chocolate, but more of the dark kind than the milk kind, dried fruit, quinces, dates, rotten orchard fruit, and a lot of wood and bitterness.

Verging on superb, which is not an accolade I use very often

Blenders glass. Nose: precious woods, antique furniture, balsamic vinegar, dried fruit compote dominated by smoked pears and apples 22 That rare case when the taste is much cooler than the aroma: amazing, tart and spicy, the same compote of smoked pears and apples, 25 Infinitely long aftertaste, very pleasant and warming, with smoked dried fruit 24 2543'94

Tobermory 1972 Red Label 32 Year Oloroso Sherry Casks Finish 49.5% Nose: a luscious mole, Lingonberries, crackling christmas yule log fireplace, mulled wine, beeswax, hard dates nuggets, pork boa bun with a dollop of hoisin, sweet red chili jerky, Palate: espresso rubbed pork shoulder, dark brooding intense sherry not with soul not like the stuff of today, dark chocolate, bayleaf, chewing on cinnamon stick, at the tail end of the finish you get the slightest notes of dirty, industrial, which only add to the dimension of this spirit Rating: 10 / 10 the depth of flavor is insane. Chef’s kiss.

amazing balance and depth, a masterpiece, the quintessence of autumn

My second Tobermory 1972, but the first to put down a note after a decent tasting session. I guess this was not the best bottle of 1972 vintage from this distillery, but the combo of ink-sherry-wood smoke hit me damn well.

an incomparable meditative digestive!!! 23 23 22 23 91

here is the dirt that I like, even some mold, wet wood, plums. another very oily whisky, pleasantly warming, perfectly composed. ???? 94 points what a bomb

tasted at Whisky Lounge Esbjerg 21/2 2014

A beautiful balanced rounded bolt. The dizzying dance of sherry and oak on the edge of the stage (23)

A sublime experience both for the nose and palate. Full Sherry body with wonderful notes of raisins, blackcurrant, dark chocolate, pepper, oak and caramel. I like to ease my dram down with a few drops of water to get all the flavours out nicely.

Tobermory 1972 - tasting

Spicy, peat, tobacco, earth, honey, chocolate, leather multilayered and complex, excellent!

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Fantastic whisky. I'm so glad I was born in 1972!

Just getting better

*** ????: dark brown, ????: smooth, intense sherry, intense sherry on one side, aged, slightly dusty on the other, ????: smooth, intense, very delicate, chocolate-sherry, slightly biting, delicious !!! Wow! Delicious !!! ????: long, smooth, intense, * Very intense nose, as if younger, but on the tongue of a firecracker! Delicate and smooth !!! And a mega intense, long finish. Delicious yum !!! * ????: 7/10 ????: 92/100

Nose - leather, light smoke, fruity sweetish, a little smoked plum, tobacco, wooden. Taste - Oily, still skin, dried smoked fruit, meaty, dark chocolate, dry oak from an old sherry cask, at least that's what I associate Finish - long, warming, tobacco, light mold, clearly smoked plum, sweet oak and finally a cigar aftertaste. 93/4 for me

Attention: Bottle No. 1661 is empty !!! It was auctioned on ebay - possibly for refilling.

tasted with Aby very good and complex whiksy, thanks Martin!

Wonderfull old school nose, powerfull, great sherry lots og dried fruits fantastic whisky

What a beautiful sip! Thank Leon ???????? Coolest glass ever. As a tobermory / ledaig fan super cool. This one exceeds expectations. Keep smelling, keep chewing

This Whisky was sold for 592 € at Whiskyauction in Feb. 2016

03/23/2017: A good fat Sherry. Still well wooded but really very nice. 90/100 17/11/2018: Still very woody. A little more leather in the mouth as well as a little mushroom. 90/100 10/12/2022: always the same bottle. It's finally open. Much more balance. 91

[March, 2009]  Together with friends I emptied bottle no. 476 that I bought for 159 Euro in November, 2008. [April, 2010]  Together with friends I emptied bottle no. 324 that I bought for 145 Euro in February, 2010. In my old rating system (ten scales that translate into WB points: 50 - 66 - 75 - 80 - 82,5 - 85 - 87,5 - 90 - 92,5 - 95) I scored it 92,5 both times.  My notes state an adorable old style sherry with no flaws at all.  Dangerously quaffable...

Everything just comes together, after the slite alcohol burn, which I like, it's mouthwatering and delicious

My first 30 yo and + whisky and still one of my favorite (like the first kiss in a certain way). I brought a bottle with me when i went to visit Mull and drank the last glass at the distillery. Emotional score but whisky is all about emotions, isn't it?