Scotland’s Tomintoul Single Malt Whisky recently announced the release of an exclusive Global Travel Retail range, this one inspired by the distillery’s local, natural environment.
The new range is made up of three expressions, Tundra, Tarn, and Tor.
A statement from Tomintoul notes that this new range will offer the travel trade an introduction to the Speyside brand at an accessible price point.
The Tomintoul Distillery was established in 1965 and is named after the nearby village of Tomintoul, the highest village in the Highlands of Scotland. Their single malt is handmade in the heart of Cairngorms National Park, and the brand’s custom packaging pays homage to this scenic region with illustrations depicting areas within the Cairngorms.
Scotland’s Tomintoul Single Malt Whisky recently announced the release of an exclusive Global Travel Retail range, this one inspired by the distillery’s local, natural environment. (image via Tomintoul)
The distiller’s notes for the three expressions, and what they’re named for, are:
- TUNDRA BOURBON CASK: An elegant, balanced and creamy single malt matured entirely in American oak bourbon barrels. The freezing conditions of winter in the Cairngorms results in one of the few places out with the Arctic where areas of tundra exist. The artwork portrays the Cairngorms Plateau, looking toward Sgor Gaoith, in the Cairngorms National Park. On the nose, the whisky has aromas of toasted oak and poached pears with overlying marzipan and white chocolate. The palate is nutty and creamy with layers of vanilla fudge, stone fruits and crème anglaise. It finishes warm and long with hints of orchard fruits and sweet spices lingering on the tongue.
- TARN PEATED: An intense smoky, sweet and earthy single malt distilled from peated malted barley. Tomintoul Tarn takes its name from the old Norse word “tjorn” meaning pond. Many tarns can be found in the Cairngorms, some of which are surrounded by ancient peat. The artwork portrays the Ben Avon Summit, in the Cairngorms National Park. On the nose are notes of peat with hints of campfire smoke and burnt heather that open up into aromas of honey and orchard fruits. On the palate, smoky and sweet with layers of peat smoke, boiled sweets, vanilla pod and hints of soft liquorice. It finishes with a balance of fireplace soot and vanilla cake that leaves a long sweet and smoky linger.
- TOR OLOROSO SHERRY CASK: A rich single malt finished exclusively in Oloroso Sherry butts from Andalucía, Spain. In the Cairngorms, granite rock tors are an impressive feature of the landscape. “Torr” in Scottish Gaelic simply means a free-standing rocky outcrop at the summit of a hill or mountain. The artwork portrays Loch A’an, in the Cairngorms National Park. On the nose, this whisky is rich with aromas of dried fruits, butter icing, toasted nuts and cake spices. The palate is sweet and rounded with layers of sultana, milk chocolate and creamy toffee lifted by hints of cedar wood spice. It finishes nutty and warming with notes of dried figs, walnut and toasted oak.
The collection comes in 1L bottles and is now available throughout World Duty Free airports. For more information, check out www.tomintoulwhisky.com.