Tormore 10 Year Old 2015 (Cask 2100950) - Dràm Mòr

This 10-year-old Tormore joins the collection from independent bottler Dràm Mòr. Distilled in 2015, the Speyside single malt was treated to a finish in a first-fill Pedro Ximénez sherry barrique, yielding a total outturn of 276 bottles. I get that most won’t get to try this with it been a single casking and am lucky enough to have tried it and got a bottle at the Scottish national whisky festival in Glasgow last weekend. Should you get the chance go for it regardless of cost (well within reason) Nose A dry espresso coffee note jumps out the glass to greet you. Dark chocolate, but not sweet. There is even a slightly savoury, meaty note to the nose. Palate An incredibly rich and deep palate. It is smooth as silk with a sticky fruitiness that isn’t overly sweet. A really complex dram bursting with character and still with that hint of espresso. Finish It just keeps going and going. A real treat of a finish as that dried fruitiness fades away to the perfect final note. I absolutely adored this whisky and it is right up there as one of the best tasting whisky’s I have ever had. I know that single caskings are not necessarily representative of a spirit but every Tomore variant I have tried has been excellent. I think they have been flying under the radar to some extent, which I think is about to change with the release of a core range around March 2026.