{"product_id":"tomatin-2008-first-fill-american-oak-single-cask","title":"Tomatin 2008 First-Fill American Oak Single Cask","description":"\u003cp\u003eTomatin makes a lighter, unpeated style of whisky that showcases the softer side of the Highlands. The late, great whisky writer Michael Jackson described their softer ‘malty, spicy and rich’ style as ‘either restorative or for after dinner’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe distillery operates twelve stills (each with a capacity of 16,800 litres), twelve stainless steel washbacks (each with a 7000 litre capacity) and one 8-tonne Lautner tun. Tomatin was the first distillery to switch from the traditional mash tun, which uses rakes to turn the barley, to a Lauter mash-tun, which employs the use of rotating knives to improve the extraction of soluble starch from the barley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile traditionally selling the vast majority of its whisky to third-party blenders, since 2002 the distillery’s main focus has been on producing single malt and today nearly forty percent of their whisky is bottled as premium single malt. The balance is used for blending, mainly for their own brands, which include Antiquary, Legendary Scot and Talisman. Tomatin have also recently begun making lightly peated single malt called Cù Bòcan, production of which takes place over a seven-week period each year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe put the challenge out to Tomatin to come up with something truly unique for Club Members, and they’ve certainly come through with the goods – award winning Master Distiller Graham Eunson has selected and bottled a series of 2008 Single Cask Single Malts chosen from a sequential series of first-fill American Oak ex-Bourbon casks, representing a true shapshot in time at the distilery. Laid down in January 2008, after resting for 11 years they’ve now been bottled at a perfect 50% ABV – needless to say chill filtration and artificial colours didn’t get a look in here – and are waiting to command the top spot in your collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA huge coup for the Club, this is the first ever 100% ex-Bourbon Tomatin official release to come to Australia, and each bottle is hand numbered, meaning this is one for the serious collectors, as well as drinkers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrue to Tomatin’s unique style, it’s a beautifully soft and sweet malty feast of decadent white chocolate, creamy vanilla ice cream and toasted barley, all perfectly complemented by notes of nougat, sugared almonds, ginger and banana bread, and a fizzy sherbet finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo clear some space on your top shelf, there’s a new star coming to your collection, but you’d better make space for two as this is definitely one to double up on, so you’ve got one to keep and one to drink.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tCoH0PTdXHk\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Tomatin Distillery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46489912508495,"sku":"WC0114","price":125.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/1185\/7487\/files\/tomatin_2008_single_cask_1.png?v=1787700985","url":"https:\/\/thewhiskyclub.com.au\/products\/tomatin-2008-first-fill-american-oak-single-cask","provider":"The Whisky Club AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}