Cù Bòcan 2005 Vintage

Süsslich Äpfel, Honig, wenig Rauch, etwas stark Alk

Robbie Burns 2017

Drankdozijn 54,95

I Don't love it, don't hate it. I'm drinking the 50% one and as much as I hate adding water, this one needs a touch then it's quite tasty. Do I regret buying out? No Would I buy it again? No There is much better out there for the price of this...

I decided to open another new bottle tonight and since I've got more smoky scotches open right now I chose to pop another Tomatin offering: Cu Bocan. This one is named about a mystical beast that roams the Scottish villages around the Tomatin distillery. It's a robust 92 proof and costs a very affordable $55. This has become an annual release and this review is not for the 2005 vintage listed here. This was the 2015 version. It's pale yellow in the glass and produces nice legs after swirling it around a bit. The nose is flat out amazing. There's a lively lemon citrus that smacks you instantly followed by that normal sherry sweetness with a gentle wisp of smoke to round this thing out perfectly. The smell is borderline mouth watering. There's a big zesty and peppered oak bite that immediately gets your tongue tingling. The finish is just as zippy and warms as it settles into your stomach. Overall, this is a very enjoyable single malt. The bottle art and description advertises peat smoke, but I didn't get enough on the palate to tell one way or the other. It's there on the nose, but that's about all I got. With a relatively cheap price point, I gotta say this Tomatin is a big winner for me. This would be a nice everyday, after work sipping scotch. Seek this one out my friends. Cheers.