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SMWS 42.84: Tobermory

“Mellifluous menthol” · Past release, no longer on sale
Mellifluous menthol - SMWS 42.84Sold outJun 2024
42.84

Mellifluous menthol

SMWS regionHighland
Age15 years
ABV55.9%
Cask1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
SpiritMalt Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code 42
DistilleryTobermory
RegionIslands

In short · Tobermory (Islands), 15 years.

“One Panellist described the neat nose as 'quite fresh and windy' while another found themselves smoking a menthol cigarette on the deck of a boat and standing next to a…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

SMWS 42.84 is a single cask of Tobermory, in the Islands region, 15 years old, bottled at 55.9%, released in the Jun 2024 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 42.x is from Tobermory.

How the price compares
At £89, this 15-year-old cost more than 2 of the 3 Tobermory bottlings aged 14–17 released 2022–2023 that we hold. They ranged from £66.30 to £115, with a median of £72.
Shaded: their range · line: this bottleRelease prices, not adjusted for inflation

Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.

About Tobermory

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.

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