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This Cu Bocan, from the distillery, at 46%. A peated Highland malt, with a gentle smoke and raisin, date and treacle. Gentle smoke and ripe fruit. From the Tomatin distillery in the Highlands. The peated side of Tomatin. Peat and fruit in fine balance. From Tomatin, near Inverness. An approachable peated malt. Soft smoke and a fruity heart.
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An official Cu Bocan single malt, bottled at 46%. Cù Bòcan, the peated malt of Tomatin distillery, comes from the Monadhliath hills near Inverness. By 1974 Tomatin ran twenty three stills and was the largest malt distillery in Scotland.
It was drawn off copper pot stills from the year's peated run, for a peated spirit with a fruity heart. Ex-Sherry wood added dried fruit to the smoky spirit. No age is given, but the soft smoke marks it as Cu Bocan. The peated make carries cask flavour while holding its smoke. It closed in 1906 and reopened in 1909, finding its feet over the following decades. The Antiquary blend came into the group through the blender J and W Hardie. 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.
At 46% it is gentle, fruity and mellow. A gentle smoke over orchard fruit, with the Pedro Ximenez lends raisin, date and treacle and the Rum cask brings brown sugar and a tropical lift. It is smoky and soft, the peat and fruit well matched. The finish is gentle, smoky and fruity. This is a peated Highland single malt from near Inverness.
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