Tomatin Cù Bòcan (46% 2025)

A distillery bottling of Cu Bocan, bottled at 46%. Cù Bòcan is the peated sub brand of Tomatin, distilled for a short run each year. Tomatin malt long fed blends such as The Antiquary and The Talisman.

It was drawn off copper pot stills from the year's peated run, for a peated spirit with a fruity heart. A virgin oak cask gave bold vanilla, spice and a little coconut. Carrying no age, it leans on wood smoke, apple and a sweet malt. The cool, high Highland climate gives a slow, even maturation. 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. The make is light and fruity, easy to like and easy to drink.

Bottled at 46%, it is rounded. A gentle smoke over orchard fruit, and the virgin oak gives vanilla, baking spice and a little coconut. The mouthfeel is soft, the smoke carried on a fruity body. A long, smoky finish carries a fruity sweetness. This is Cu Bocan, the peated malt of Tomatin.