Tomatin 10 Years Old 2010 Cask #150 (Dràm Mòr)

A Tomatin single malt, selected and bottled by Dràm Mòr, a 10 year old from 2010, drawn from cask 150 and bottled at 53.1%. Just 178 bottles were filled. Tomatin, founded in 1897 in the Highland village of the same name, was once Scotland's largest malt distillery. The distillery was founded in 1897 by a local company, taking its name from the village, Gaelic for hill of the juniper.

The spirit was distilled from unpeated malt in copper stills on Allt na Frithe water, giving the light, mellow spirit at its heart. Maturation in a fortified or wine cask lent red fruit and spice. 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. An old cattle drovers' road ran through Tomatin, and whisky was made here long before the distillery. The arrival of the Highland Railway in the 1890s made the distillery possible.

At its natural 53.1% it is concentrated. Apple, pear and a soft honey, and the Port cask adds plum and red berry. 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.