Tomatin Distillery Exclusive Single Cask 12 Years Old 2011

This official Tomatin single malt, a 12 year old Highland malt from 2011, drawn from cask 2265 and bottled at 59.6%. Founded in 1897 high in the Monadhliath hills, Tomatin makes a soft, fruity Highland single malt. By 1974 Tomatin ran twenty three stills and was the largest malt distillery in Scotland.

It was run through the distillery's onion stills after a long fermentation, to build a fruity, gently spiced character. A refill bourbon cask held it, keeping the fruit to the fore. By this age the soft spirit rounds into orchard fruit and a gentle oak. The soft, fruity spirit takes cask character readily across maturation. 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.

At a full 59.6% it is bold yet fruity. Orchard fruit and a gentle malt, and honeyed vanilla comes through from the ex-Bourbon. It is gentle and fruity, the soft spirit shining through. A fruity, lightly spiced finish lingers. This is the soft, fruity Highland malt of Tomatin.