Tomatin 22 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & MacPhail

Tomatin Cu Bocan

Tomatin Cù Bòcan gets its name from the legend of a spectral dog, Cù Bòcan, who has haunted the Highland village for many years. Tale tells that the dog dissolved as smoke over the moorlands when a distillery worker tried to touch it. That's why this dram's been peated to 15 ppm. Matured in a mix of virgin oak, bourbon and sherry casks....

Score 75/100

Tomatin 25 Year Old

Several years ago, I tried the Tomatin 25 Year Old, right before it was replaced by the 30 Year Old. It was a bottling from 2009 and I thought it was great. But now I got the chance to try an older one from 2006. I will not let that pass me by. Very fruity nose with all kinds of citrus (oranges and mandarin, but also a slice of grapefruit),...

Score 86/100

Tomatin Cu Bocan

During the last week of each year Tomatin used peated malt in their production run. So this is quite exceptional and yields some 60.000 liters per year. This is later bottled as Cù Bocàn, named after the spectral hellhound that stalked the villagers of Tomatin for centuries. I do not know if this legend is still very much alive, but the Cù Bocàn...

Score 81/100

Tomatin 19 Year Old 1994 Chester

The Tomatin distillery lies halfway between Aviemore and Inverness at a height of 315 meters in the Monadhliath Mountains and is in Japanese hands. This indie bottling from Chester matured for 19 years on an ex-bourbon cask and is rather pale. The nose is creamy, almost fat. Farmer butter, Werther’s Original candy, some orange zest, honey and...

Score 85/100