Testing Notes
 

Colour	Rich amber
Nose	Redolant of malt and faintly smoky. Warm aromas of sherry and vanilla with a hint of toffee.
Body	Medium bodied, velvety and luscious.
Palate	Rich and complex, malty and lightly peated with lingering flavours of sherry, oak and smoke.

Tormore was erected in 1958 during the boom years for the Scotch whisky industry. It was the first completely new malt distillery to be built in the Highlands in the 20th century and was evidently intended as a showpiece. It was originally built by Long John Distillers and designed by Sir Albert Richardson.

Architecturally the most elegant of all malt distilleries. As the hills around the Livet and Avon recede, after miles with barely a building, Tormore presents a sight that is hard to believe.. With its ornamental curling lake and fountains, decorative dormer windows, belfry and musical clock, the topiary, and the huge hill of dense firs forming a backdrop, Tormore might be a spa, offering a mountain water cure. Instead it brings forth the water of life, uisge beatha. It is a high, cold location, shaded from the sun.