Lot presentation

Tormore 12 years Of. The Famous Tormore Chimes Pure Speyside Malt (no reserve)

The wine

A Tormore 12 year old from the late 1980s, bottled exclusively for the French market, as shown by the back label. A 10 year old with the same label also exists. Another 12 year old was released with a different (blue) label in 2004, this time for all markets. Tormore had no official bottlings since being replaced by Scapa in the Caledonian Malts range from Allied Distillers following disappointing sales. It was replaced by a 14 year old and a 16 year old in 2014.

About the Producer Tormore

Scotland, Speyside. Distillery operational. Owner: Pernod Ricard

The first distillery built in the 20th century (1958-1960), Tormore quickly made a name for itself for both its architecture (the distillery's buildings are listed) and its malt born under the shadow of sherry casks, the Tormore 10 Year Old The Pure Highland Malt (80s) and the Tormore 10 Year Old Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky (70s).Nevertheless, it was a distillery designed primarily to produce malt for the blends of its various owners (Long John Distillers, Allied Domecq) known under the names Long John, Ballantine's and Stewart's Cream. Bought by Pernod Ricard in 2005, it would not be until 2014 that bottlings in its own name would really begin to appear, in the form of small batch limited editions aged for 14-16 years in American oak casks.