Tormore – 1993-2022 29 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice Single Cask 5053 (70cl, 54.5%)

This is a 29-year-old Speyside single malt from Tormore, distilled in 1993 and bottled in 2022 by Gordon & MacPhail for their Connoisseurs Choice Cask Strength series. It is bottled at 54.5% in a 70cl bottle. It was filled from a single first fill sherry butt, cask 5053, which gives the whisky a deep chestnut colour. The outturn was 554 bottles. The tasting notes describe a nose of stewed red berries with vanilla pod and Medjool dates, and a palate of baked apple, cinnamon spice and charred oak. The full finish brings summer berries and soft herbal notes.