Tomatin Vintage 1962 Part Nan Angelen / 42.6% / 0.7l

Tomatin is a large distillery based in the Highlands, owned by the Japanese company Takara Shuzo, part of the Marubeni Group.

In the 1970s, it was the largest Scottish malt distillery – equipped with 23 stills, it could produce almost 13 million liters of distillate per year. Bankruptcy and the takeover of the plant by Japanese capital in 1986 resulted in a reduction of capacity by more than half. Tomatin is the main component of Antiquary and Talisman blends, and is also becoming increasingly popular as a single malt. The whisky presented here is a drink from another era – distilled in 1962, when the plant distilled in 10 stills, after more than four decades of maturation, it was bottled by the Swedish company Magni Vin & Spirits in the Part Na Angelen series (which roughly translates to “Feast with Angels”). This limited edition of 1,428 bottles hit the market in 2004.

Nose: fruity-floral, summer meadow, bananas, apricots, nectarines, mirabelle jam, vanilla cream, toffee, milk chocolate, lemon cake, notes of wax and oak.

Flavor : vanilla ice cream, milk fudge, linden honey, pears, apples, apricots, bananas, pineapples, lemongrass, milk chocolate, candied ginger, cinnamon and oak.

Finish : medium long, with notes of juicy fruit, vanilla, honey, marzipan, cinnamon, cloves and oak.