Tomatin Limited Edition 9 Years Old 2007

This Tomatin, an official release, a 9 year old from 2007 and bottled at 46%. 6600 bottles in all. Tomatin, founded in 1897 in the Highland village of the same name, was once Scotland's largest malt distillery. 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 wine cask held it, layering fruit over the fruity malt. At a youthful age the orchard fruit is lively and the malt soft. The long fermentation lays down the fruit the cask then frames. 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.

At an easy 46% it is light. Orchard fruit and a gentle malt, and the Rum cask brings brown sugar and a tropical lift. Beneath it run apple, pear and a soft spice. It closes soft, fruity and warm. This is Tomatin, the fruity Highland malt.