Cù Bòcan Single Malt recently debuted the second batch of its Limited Edition 15 Year Old. Fully matured in Oloroso Sherry casks for a minimum of 15 years, this 2023 Edition is the second in a series of planned annual batch releases.
The experimental Highland Single Malt is distilled every winter at Tomatin Distillery in limited batches and made with lightly peated Scottish barley for its “signature wisp of smoke.” In late 2005, after Tomatin had achieved its annual production quota, the Distillery Manager at the time brought in a load of lightly peated barley allowing the distillery to produce its own peated spirit for the last week of the year.
This production coincided with incredibly low water temperatures and resulted in a slightly oilier mouthfeel in the new make spirit. The distillery continued to produce Cù Bòcan in small batches every winter since 2005. The Cù Bòcan brand was launched in September 2013 and is celebrating 10 years.
The newly released Cù Bòcan 15 Year Old features some of the first lightly peated spirit to be laid down in casks.
Official tasting notes make mention of “a decadent single malt with sun dried fruits and smoky exotic spices. Varying ever so slightly per batch, this time around the Oloroso Sherry casks have imparted flavours of beeswax polish, Seville marmalade peel, extra-dark chocolate and Jamaican ginger cake. The peat provides a traditional earthy dryness rather than an obvious smoke, this has helped keep some of the sweeter elements of the Sherry casks perfectly balanced.”
The current Cù Bòcan range now comprises of Cù Bòcan Signature, matured in Bourbon, Oloroso Sherry and North American Virgin Oak casks, the Creation series, Cù Bòcan 12 Year Old and the newly released Cù Bòcan 15 Year Old 2023 Edition.
Each Cù Bòcan Single Malt offers an exploration in what’s said to be “the subtleties of smoke, the character of the casks and the mastery of maturation.” The range is always non-chill filtered and natural in colour. Cù Bòcan 15 Year Old, 2023 Edition, has been bottled at 50% Abv. and is a limited batch release with only 6,000 bottles available worldwide.
Cù Bòcan 15 Year Old, 2023 Edition, is available in specialist shops worldwide with an RRP of £97 per 700ml bottle.
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