Tomatin 2013-2022 | 8 Year Old Cooper's Choice Single Cask 9531Highland Single Malt Scotch WhiskyBottled by: Cooper's Choice 70cl 57% Tomatin is a distillery on the up, but indie bottlings of this splendid Highland malt seem to have been thin on the ground lately, so this Cooper's Choice single cask Tomatin 2013 8 year old is a very welcome sight. This Tomatin 2013 started life in an ex bourbon cask before being transferred to a port cask to finish its maturation, hence the deep ruby colour. Cask 9531 yielded a

Country Scotland Region Speyside Distilled Year 1973 Bottling Year 2015 Limited Edition Yes Bottle Size 70cl ABV 43%

This Ardbeg Day 2012 Exclusive Committee Release is a great latter-day cask strength Ardbeg that shows what a fantastic distillate the distillery can produce

not to mention the fact that it was bottled in 1991 so should be developing all kinds of new nuances now after nearly twenty years of bottle maturation

As it turned out

an evocation of Islay's coastal and fragile nature at the mercy of the elements

sugar cane

Finish: Sweetness and spice continue to mingle on the finish leaving one in need of another sip or two to figure out exactly what just came out of that glass

old style sherry

A recently bottled 1997 Linkwood bottled by Signatory Vintage for their Cask Strength Collection

yielding 376 bottles at 48

Thankfully there are still some casks remaining

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