Tomatin Earth

This Tomatin, an official release, bottled at 46%. The outturn was 6000 bottles. Tomatin is the soft, fruity Highland malt of a distillery founded in 1897 near Inverness. 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. An ex-Bourbon barrel shaped it, vanilla beneath the orchard fruit. Carrying no age, it leans on apple, pear and a soft honey. The slow loss of the angel's share concentrates the fruity, malty core over time. 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. 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 46% it is clean and fruity. Apple, vanilla and a light spice, and the ex-Bourbon lends vanilla and a soft honey. Soft orchard fruit and honey sit behind the cask. The close is soft, fruit over gentle oak. This is Tomatin's soft, fruity Highland style.