Glaschu Spirits Co. - Strathdearn (Tomatin) 10: Madeira Wine Finish

Founded in 1897, Tomatin Distillery stands proud as one of Scotland's highest distilleries, in the wild and windy Highland moors, near Loch Ness. Its elevated position in the Monadhliath Mountains means Tomatin's water source, the Alt-na-Frith, gathers very few minerals on its course, making it the perfect source to create a soft and delicate whisky.

Strathdearn is Tomatin Distillery's wholesale cask trading name, which is why our release is named as such. When we first tried this cask, we knew it would be the perfect pairing for a succulent, sweet finish, like that of Madeira wine.

This 10 year old example came to us in a refill bourbon barrel, where it spent the first 9 years maturing, before we then filled it into a first-fill Madeira wine cask, for it's final year of finishing. What was once a light, vanilla-rich whisky has transformed into a vibrant amber nectar apricot, caramel and custard. A beautiful winter warmer!

For the artwork design on this Strathdearn release, we've featured the 'Viperfish', a fiberglass submarine, self-built by US Navy submariner, Dan Taylor, in the 1960's. Taylor scoured the depths of Loch Ness in his Viperfish, on the hunt for the elusive monster...