Tomatin 12 Year Old 2008 Sauternes Cask - 46% 70cl

Tomatin’s French Collection is a series of exceptional whiskies, which has been 12 years in the making, exhibiting the unique influence imparted by different French wine and spirit casks.

The whisky, distilled in 2008, began its maturation in traditional Scotch Whisky oak casks before being moved to Monbazillac, Sauternes, Riversaltes and Cognac casks for the final stage of the process, resulting in a magnificent collection of 4 expressions.

Distilled on 19th September 2008, this whisky has spent a final maturation of over 3 years in Sauternes, dessert wine casks before being bottled in 2021 at 46%.

All 3 Wine finishes were moved to wine casks for final maturation in July 2017.

Edition 2 of 4: The Sauternes Edition

Nose: Bright peach and apricot along with Manuka honey.

Palate: Sweet honey accompanied by coconut and ginger.

Finish: Sweet, fresh with a syrupy mouth feel indicative of the Sauternes wine previously at home in the cask.