Tomatin 25 Year Old 1988 Batch 1 Limited Release Whisky

Whiskey: Tomatin 25 Year Old 1988 Batch 1 Limited Release

A well-aged expansion to Tomatin’s core range, the 1988 vintage single malt Scotch whisky is created from a mixture of bourbon barrel and Port pipe-matured whiskies, which slumbered in their casks for over 25 years. Top work from the Tomatin distillery in the Highlands

Size: 750mL

Proof: 92 (46% ABV)

Age: 25 years

Origin: Scotland

Distillery: Tomatin Distillery

This beautiful sherried whisky is made from spirit laid down in a combination of ex-bourbon and Oloroso sherry casks. Benefitting from long fermentation and slow, gentle distillation, the spirit is laid down on site in our purpose-built warehouses. At the end of the maturation process the casks are brought together to create an exceptionally smooth and perfectly balanced dram.

Tomatin 25 Year Old 1988 Batch 1 Limited Release Whisky Tasting Notes

Nose: Fruit-laden on the nose with a fresh floral character.

Palate: Sweet notes of honey, vanilla, and sherry, dried apricots, oak, nuttiness, and butterscotch. The palate is complex with sweet fruit, baking spices, and oaky flavors.

Finish: The finish is medium length with oil tannins, Port, and fading fruit notes.

Distillery Information

The origins of whisky production in Tomatin are hard to be precise about – the formal distillery which operates today was established in 1897 but there is reason to believe that whisky production, albeit illegal, has been an important part of life in the area around Tomatin since the 1700s.

The name itself gives an insight into this secret past: “Tomatin” translates to “Hill of the Juniper Bush”, as juniper wood gives off no smoke while burning it has long been a favourite of illicit distillers who must keep their practice secret. Today, a building known locally as “The Old Laird’s House” still remains on the site of the current distillery and it is believed that this is the spot where the cattle drovers taking their livestock from the north of Scotland to the central markets would stop and fill their flasks from an illicit still.

However, it was only in 1897 at the peak of the Victorian Whisk Boom that three men, John MacDougall, John MacLeish and Alexander Allan, along with a handful of investors,decided to open a formal distillery on the site and form The Tomatin Spey District Distillery Ltd.