From the Whisky Cellar

?Ruadh Maor? is the trade name given to this curiously heavily-peated Highland Malt, distilled at Glenturret in February 2010 and filled into a refill Sherry Butt before being bottled in August 2021.

Colour: Bright Gold.
Nose: Barbeque smokehouse aromas. Liniment oil, black pepper and yellow sultanas.
Palate: Smoked meats with a sweet barbeque glaze. Some chocolate covered raisins.
Finish: Savoury meat roasting juices with a dusting of sugar and sweet spice. Great balance.
Bottles: 719.

The Tobermory Distillery is found on the Isle of Mull on the way to Skye from Islay and the whiskies made here reflect this island location with coastal, maritime, saline hints. The distillery produces two different, but equally alluring, single malts: the fruity, non-peated Tobermory and the more robust and smoky Ledaig. This expression slumbered peacefully in American oak casks for a dozen years before being bottled at 46.3% ABV.

This 18 year old single malt is part of a series of six Tobermory expressions originally bottled exclusively for Germany. Aged in bourbon casks, it has a light, fresh and floral nose accompanied by notes of oak, maple syrup and sea salt on the palate.

The Tobermory 20 years old is an old Isle of Mull singel malt. This release is matured in ex bourbon casks followed by a sherry cask finish. Bottled at 46.3% ABV, non chill filtered and with no added colour.

Nose: rich and warm with molasses, golden syrup, mulled wine, nutmeg, walnuts, sultanas and dates

Palate: oak with caramelized oranges marmalade, vanilla, dried fruit, hazelnuts and dark chocolate

Finish: long and sweet with nuts, apricots and orange jam

46.3% ABV

This is a 21 year old unpeated single malt from Tobermory, which has enjoyed 3 years finishing in oloroso sherry casks before being bottled. 

The nose offers clove-studded orange, dark chocolate, florals and vanilla leading to a palate of prunes walnuts and dark chocolate and a long spice and leather finish.

This was Tomatin was distilled in the Highlands in December 2008. 

It spent a decade in a single refill hogshead REF - DL13774, and was bottled by Douglas Laing in November 2019 with an outturn of 384 bottles at 48.4% ABV.

Nose: Big and richly defined in Malted barley, gentle spices and fruit.

Palate: Hits big with cereal, honey, vanilla and even a hint of salt.

Finish: Dark molasses mix interestingly with all the aforementioned (FHL).

Independently bottled by Douglas Laing for the Xtra Old Particular range this whisky was aged in a refill hogshead (DL12783) cask for quarter of a century - from April 1993 to August 2018 - before being bottled a cask strength with an outturn of 315 bottles. 60.2% Alc./Vol. 

Non chill filtered.

Spiced fruit on the nose, developing to polished wood floors and a sweet vanilla, caramel character. The palate shows lemon meringue pie with lashings of cream plus malted barely, burnt sugar and coconut flakes. The finish is long and buttery with warming allspice, toasted oak and honeycomb on oat biscuits.

Matured in a combination of bourbon barrels and sherry casks
Strength: 43% alc./vol.

The Tomatin 12 Year Old is classically smooth, having been matured in traditional Scotch Whisky, ex-Bourbon and ex-Spanish Sherry casks. Aromas of wild heather, pine and cedar soon sweeten to reveal notes of cr?me caramel with apples, pears and mango before a full bodied and buttery finish

This core release single malt from the a lesser known distillery in the Highlands is finished for six-to-nine months in Oloroso Sherry casks before being bottled imbuing the whisky with lovely stem ginger and dried orange peel notes.

Tomatin's 14 Year Old has been finished in tawny-port pipes, which adds notes of extra fruitiness, especially red fruits to the classic Highland notes of toffee and honey.

Tis malt is a light and easy drinking whisky and shows a large influence from the American oak cask in which it has peacefully aged for 15 years.

Nose: Gentle, balanced with orchard fruits, oak, blossom, orange too, creamy vanilla, toffee.

Palate: Creamy and soft with a prominence of fruit and malt. Balanced, some toffee, caramel, citrus.

Finish: A long, soft finish.

This whisky has a final maturation in oloroso sherry butts


The Tomatin 18 Year Old is a truly luxurious world class malt. Matured in traditional oak casks and first fill Oloroso Sherry butts, dried apricot, nougat and distinctive nutty flavours develop into bursts of tropical fruit with mellow undertones and a rich, full bodied finish.

The Tomatin 21 Years Bourbon Barrels is a single malt whiskey from the Highlands. It spent its 21 years of barrel aging entirely in first fill ex-bourbon barrels. The distillery bottled it exclusively for travel retail. The alcohol content is 46.0 percent by volume. The whisky also impresses with its natural color and does not require chill filtration.

Nosing: The nose of the whisky has notes of green apples and lemons. It also brings notes of vanilla and butterscotch.

Tasting: The Tomatin 21 Years feels soft and creamy on the tongue. It tastes of dark chocolate and vanilla. Green apples and pineapple come through. Candied ginger and chocolate introduce the finish. 

Finish: The finish is long-lasting. The whisky says goodbye with notes of cocoa. Tropical fruits are present. Spicy pepper lingers after drinking

Matured in a combination of Bourbon barrels and Sherry casks and bottled at natural strength.

"The Cask Strength Edition is our most vivacious expression, yet still retains Tomatin?s characteristically rich and sweet undertones. Matured in a classic combination of first fill ex-Bourbon and ex-Oloroso Sherry casks, aromas of golden syrup and ginger biscuits prevail while flavours of malt loaf and marzipan lead to a dry, lingering spicy finish."