From WHISKY FUN: "Tomatin 1977/1998 (56%, Moon Import, Horae Solaris, 820 bottles) Four stars and a half “Le Bonheur, c’est l’heure de boire”. In other words, “Happiness comes when it’s time to drink”. Not too sure about that, but I remember Moon’s and Samaroli’s bottlings used to be ‘the’ dream bottles at the time… Colour: dark gold. Nose: this explains why these were dream bottles. It’s full of Italian eleganzia, with nothing standing out and just myriads of complex resinous, fruity and even phenolic notes. Phenols in Tomatin! So imagine Barbour grease associated with mangos, butter cream with menthol cigarettes, passion fruits with old books, and lemongrass with ink and limestone. Yes, that works! With water: nope, water doesn’t work, it makes it flat and too cardboardy/tea-ish. A bad swimmer, I’m afraid. Mouth (neat): exceptional. An avalanche of tropical fruits (passion, mangos, tangerines…) but also very fine notes of aniseed, dill, chives, ink, sage, coriander… Really superb, with a great oily mouth feel. With water: this time water works, even if it gets strangely medicinal. Oils from the wood coming out, such as eucalyptus oil, some pinesap. The good news is that the fantastico tropical notes have remained there. Finish: long, zesty, limy. All good, even with water. Comments: I was ready to go to 90+ until water wrecked the nose. In any case, a very lovely bottle! SGP:651 - 89 points." Tomatin 1977 Horae Solaris Moon Import - b. 1998 - 70cl Single malt whisky -56% Tomatin 1977 Moon Import / Horae Solaris Moon Import was founded by Pepi Mongiardino in 1980 and he bottled his first whisky in 1982. Always beautifully labelled, Pepi is acclaimed for designing the packaging for Moon Import bottles himself, often using images found in old books. These iconic designs coupled with the quality of the liquid saw Moon Import steadily grow in popularity. The company is still going strong, and their early releases are some of the brightest gems in any whisky collection This 1977 Tomain was bottled in 1998 as part of the Horae Solaris series and is one of 513 shipment insured