2017 Torabhaig, Allt Gleann, The Legacy Series, Island, Single Malt Scotch Whisky (46%)
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Torabhaig Distillery
Nestled above a tiny bay on Skye’s southern Sleat peninsula, beneath the baleful shadow of the fabled Castle Camus ruins, sits Torabhaig Distillery.
The distillery is small; the stillhouse was built into a ruined farmstead that has been sensitively restored and repurposed to its new use as the youngest distillery on this evocative Hebridean Island. Operations here are run by an inspiringly egalitarian team made up of around a dozen men and women.
The whole team has been trained with a thorough grounding in the various aspects of whisky production, from milling and mashing to distillation and maturation. Each is also encouraged to add their own nuances to the distillery, either through experimental batches, tending the gardens, or any of the manifold tasks – planned or unforeseen – that accompany the making of Single Malt Whisky.
Skye
Skye is home to only one distillery, but my, what a distillery. One of Diageos finest, Talisker is a highly distinctive whisky with a strong, smoky, peaty flavour because both the malt and the water used to make it are heavily peated.
Talisker was built in 1831 and named after Talisker House which was traditionally the residence of the eldest son of the Macleod clan.
The stills are great onion-shaped kettles, richly gleaming and radiating heat, with ever-narrowing swan-neck tops which gracefully lead their vapours away through the stillroom wall to cool and condense beyond. There are five stills at Talisker, two large ones for the first distillation and three smaller for the final. Their precise size and shape, even the angle at which the swan-neck lies, are vital to the continuing production of spirit with the authentic Talisker signature in aroma and flavour.
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Torabhaig Allt Gleann stands as a mighty statement of intent; rarely has a younger distillery produced such an accomplished whisky as this. This is beautifully distilled from very heavily peated barley, with green aromas of leaves and drenched moss. The true joy here is an immaculate interplay between well-tempered, smoky forest characteristics, and a succulent malt sweetness. There are playful flickers of tropical and orchard fruits too. This would be delicious after dinner, or even during, alongside Scottish venison.
Rob Whitehead, Spirits Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd (July 2022)
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