Tomatin Water

This official Tomatin single malt, bottled at 46%. The outturn was 6000 bottles. Tomatin, founded in 1897 in the Highland village of the same name, was once Scotland's largest malt distillery. The distillery was founded in 1897 by a local company, taking its name from the village, Gaelic for hill of the juniper.

The spirit was distilled slowly for the soft, fruity Tomatin make, building the approachable Tomatin style. A sherry cask wrapped the soft spirit in dried fruit and a nutty depth. Without an age statement, the malt is light, fruity and mellow. Long, gentle ageing turns the fresh fruit towards honey and soft spice. 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 approachable 46% it is soft and balanced. Apple, vanilla and a light spice, and the Oloroso gives dried fruit and a toasted nuttiness. 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.