The ‘Five Virtues’
Since 1897 Tomatin have been combining soft mountain water with tender local barley, introducing it to tall copper stills and – following years of maturation in oak casks – collecting the mellow, fruity spirit.
Approaching alchemy, the process reveals nature’s extraordinary elements in all their glory. Indeed – Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water – elements central to civilisation’s most ancient philosophies, enjoy incredible synergies. Combined, they produce outcomes far greater than their sum.
This symbiosis – the ‘Five Virtues’ – is a concept synonymous with the age-old processes and materials employed by our distillery men. Water feeds wood; wood sustains fire; fire gives life to earth; earth yields metal; metal gathers water; and the cycle continues…
To celebrate the Five Virtues, leading artist, Eva Ullrich, has explored these interactions and their role in whisky production. The result is five striking artworks…and five unique expressions.
THE FIRST TWO EXPRESSIONS IN THE SERIES, WOOD AND FIRE, ARE AVAILABLE NOW!
 Tomatin / Five Virtues The Wood Edition £49.50 |
 Tomatin / Five Virtues The Fire Edition £49.50 |
Other New Arrivals
 Blair Athol / 21 Year Old / Old Malt Cask £73.50 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 50.% 70cl Summary: Since its inception in 1998 connoisseurs around the world have grown to trust the Old Malt Cask range of independent single cask bottlings as offering both exceptional, dependable quality and a wide array of flavour profiles from many of Scotland’s distilleries. Naturally the spirit never undergoes chill-filtration which would remove many of the oils and with them much of its mouthfeel and intensity of flavour and is never adulterated with the addition of caramel. At this stage the whisky is carefully and slowly reduced with the addition of the purest Scottish water to the traditional OMC bottling strength of 50% alcohol by volume – the perfect strength to show single malts in their full glory. |
 Bowmore / 12 Year Old Single Malt £99.50 Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 40.% 70cl Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Islay. |
 Bowmore / 17 Year Old Stillmen's Selection £350.00 Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Islay. |
 Glenallachie / 7 Year Old Clan Denny £37.50 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 46.% 70cl Summary: Clan Denny proudly holds specialist, rare and aged Single Malt Scotch Whiskies. As the distiller intended, it's bottled without colouring or chill filtration, affording the Whisky a rich, oily quality. |
