Sold outNov 2023In short · Tobermory (Islands), 17 years.
“Seductively sweet aromas of treacle oozing over the thick icing on a rich fruitcake blended into bramble liqueur before the smoke from Assam tea leaves on a bonfire…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 42.83 is a single cask of Tobermory, in the Islands region, 17 years old, bottled at 57.4%, released in the Nov 2023 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 42.x is from Tobermory.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
At the head of the bay in Tobermory, the brightly painted harbour town at Mull's northern tip, the island's only distillery was founded as Ledaig in 1798 by John Sinclair. It has closed and reopened more often than most, and now makes two spirits: unpeated Tobermory, fresh and coastal, and a heavily peated sibling that keeps the old name, Ledaig. Distell's, now Heineken's.