Tomatin Single Cask for Robertsons

An official Tomatin single malt, bottled at 57.2%. Just 282 bottles were filled. Tomatin is the soft, fruity Highland malt of a distillery founded in 1897 near Inverness. Cu Bocan takes its name from a spectral hound said to haunt the Tomatin hills.

Drawn off copper pot stills fed by the burn of the deer, for a soft, apple and pear scented spirit. It was matured in ex-Bourbon oak, lending vanilla and a soft honey. Carrying no age, it leans on apple, pear and a soft honey. The mellow make leans on the cask for much of its colour and flavour. 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. Cold, clean water runs down to the distillery from the hills above. Under Japanese stewardship the focus turned from sheer volume to quality. The very long fermentation is central to the distillery's fruity character.

At a full 57.2% it is bold yet fruity. A soft, fruity sweetness, and the refill bourbon lends a quiet vanilla. The texture is soft and round, the fruit lifted by honey. The finish runs gentle, fruity and mellow. This is a fruity Highland single malt from the Monadhliath hills.