Tomatin French Collection – Cognac Casks 12 Years Old 2008

French Collection – Cognac Casks

700ml / 46%

Single Malt

$95

A soft Tomatin single malt, a 12 year old, from 2008 from the distillery, at 46%. The fruity Highland malt, showing vanilla, pear and a light honey. Fruity, honeyed and well aged. From the Tomatin distillery in the Highlands. Apple and honey in fine balance. From Tomatin, near Inverness. An approachable Highland single malt.

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SKU TOM090 Categories Highlands, Scottish Whisky, Tomatin, Whiskey Brand: Tomatin

Description

An official Tomatin single malt, a 12 year old from 2008 and bottled at 46%. A release of 6000 bottles. Tomatin, founded in 1897 in the Highland village of the same name, was once Scotland's largest malt distillery. The core is unpeated, with peated spirit made one week a year and bottled as Cu Bocan.

The spirit was distilled from unpeated malt in copper stills on Allt na Frithe water, giving the light, mellow spirit at its heart. Maturation came in ex-Bourbon wood, with vanilla and a soft apple. Mid age brings a deeper honey and a riper orchard fruit. A patient maturation suits the soft, fruity Tomatin character. Malt is bought in, the distillery's own floor maltings having closed in the 1980s. For most of its life the distillery rarely ran to its full capacity. The make is light and fruity, easy to like and easy to drink. Special releases like Decades and Warehouse 6 have marked the distillery's milestones.

Bottled at 46%, it is rounded. Apple, pear and a soft honey, and the oak lends vanilla and a soft sweetness. The mouthfeel is soft, the fruit carried on a mellow body. A long, honeyed finish carries a fruity lift. This is a gentle, fruity Highland single malt.