Tomatin 10 Years Old 2008 (Small Batch)

A Tomatin single malt, selected and bottled by Cadenhead's, aged 10 year old from 2008 and bottled at 55.5%. Just 834 bottles were filled. Set in the Highland hills south of Inverness, Tomatin has made single malt since 1897. Today it works twelve stills, having shifted from blend volume to single malt.

The spirit was distilled from unpeated malt in copper stills on Allt na Frithe water, giving the light, mellow spirit at its heart. A refill bourbon cask held it, keeping the fruit to the fore. At a youthful age the orchard fruit is lively and the malt soft. Years in oak round the spirit, the orchard fruit deepening with age. The very long fermentation is central to the distillery's fruity character. The distillery sits beside the A9, the old road north to Inverness. Cu Bocan focuses on unusual cask finishes, from sherry to wine and beyond. Tomatin stands at over three hundred metres, among the highest in the land.

At cask strength 55.5% it is full bodied. Apple, pear and a soft honey, and the ex-Bourbon lends vanilla and a soft honey. It is fruity and soft, the fruit and oak well matched. The finish is rounded, honeyed and gentle. This is a soft, approachable Highland malt.