{"product_id":"tomatin-legacy","title":"Tomatin Legacy","description":"\u003cp\u003eTomatin makes a lighter, unpeated style of whisky that is often called “the softer side of the Highlands”. The late, great Michael Jackson described the house style as “Malty, spicy, rich. Restorative or after dinner”, and it’s basically a grown-up’s whisky.\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 more than twenty percent of their whisky is bottled as single malt. The balance is used for blending, mainly for their own brands, which include Antiquary, Legendary Scot and Talisman. Tomatin have 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\u003eThe core range of single malts did exceptionally well in Jim Murray’s 2016 Whisky Bible with the Legacy bringing in 94.5 points, 12 Year Old 91.5 points, 14 Year Old 92.5 points, 18 Year Old 92.5 points, 1988 Vintage 95.5 points and the 36 Year Old romping home with 96.5 points.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis month’s whisky is the distillery’s flagship, the Tomatin Legacy. It carries no age statement, having been composed to specific taste rather than age and has been described as one of the best examples of a non-age statement whisky on the market. It’s comprised of whisky matured in ex-Bourbon and Virgin Oak casks and the use of Virgin Oak brings vibrancy and sweetness in the form of fresh tannins, lignins and vanillins that would otherwise have been lost to a previous life as a bourbon cask. The result is a beautiful example of Tomatin’s soft and delicate style.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tomatin Distillery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46489894879311,"sku":"WC0027","price":85.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/1185\/7487\/files\/tomatin_legacy.png?v=1787700872","url":"https:\/\/thewhiskyclub.com.au\/products\/tomatin-legacy","provider":"The Whisky Club AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}