Tomatin 2015 8 Year Old, Finn Thomson Cask #301119

Cask: Red Wine Barrique
One of only 292 bottles

While often inconsistent and not always easy to manage, the fantastic flavours of wine cask whiskies have made them increasingly popular in recent years. But, for the Thomsons, wine and whisky have been romancing for decades.

As well as being whisky blenders, his grandfather’s company Peter Thomson Ltd was a wholesaler of wines from across the globe. A glimpse at an old price list from 1981 shows a range of wines, from traditional Bordeauxs to experimental imports from Yugoslavia and even Tunisia. Wine has been a big part of their whisky story, so when he gets the chance to bottle a wine matured whisky he jumps at it.

This Tomatin has had a full maturation in a French Red Wine cask. Eight years of ageing have produced incredible balance from a cask type that is notoriously difficult to work with. There is a creaminess of texture and a warming spice that defy the young age of this whisky. Rounded and remarkably even, this whisky is a shining example of when wine casks pay off, and a personal tribute to his grandfather’s era in the industry.