Tomatin 36 Years Old Cask #Batch 5

This official Tomatin single malt, a 36 year old Highland malt, drawn from cask Batch 5 and bottled at 46%. The outturn was 800 bottles. Founded in 1897 high in the Monadhliath hills, Tomatin makes a soft, fruity Highland single malt. Today it works twelve stills, having shifted from blend volume to single malt.

The spirit was distilled slowly for the soft, fruity Tomatin make, building the approachable Tomatin style. Ex-Sherry wood added a dried fruit richness to the soft make. Decades leave it deep and gentle, candied fruit and a waxy honey with great age. Long, gentle ageing turns the fresh fruit towards honey and soft spice. Tomatin stands at over three hundred metres, among the highest in the land. 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. It closed in 1906 and reopened in 1909, finding its feet over the following decades.

Reduced to 46%, it is soft. Apple, vanilla and a light spice, and the Oloroso adds figgy fruit and a warm nuttiness. A baked apple and a gentle spice lift it. It finishes soft, fruity and clean. This is the softer side of the Highlands.