Pinot Noir Cask Finish (700 ml)

Tomintoul spent its first 35 years as near-invisible blending stock for Whyte & Mackay — a paradox for a distillery running 3.3 million litres annually from the Cairngorms National Park. When Angus Dundee took ownership in 2000, the house pivoted toward a cask-finishing programme that now spans Oloroso, port, Madeira, white port, Tempranillo, and Pinot Noir — the latter being the expression here.

The distillery sits at 345 m altitude near Ballindalloch, Banffshire, drawing process water from the Ballantruan Spring in the Cromdale Hills — exceptionally soft and pure, a direct contributor to the signature light, high-reflux spirit. Long fermentation of 54–60 hours in stainless-steel washbacks and new make collected at ~69% ABV build a clean, cereal-forward base before any wood influence begins.

Primary maturation proceeds in American white oak ex-Bourbon casks, establishing the vanilla and orchard-fruit framework. The Pinot Noir cask finish then layers red-berry and subtle tannic grip onto that gentle Speyside architecture — a finishing wood choice that remains uncommon in the category, where sherry and port dominate. Bottled at 40% ABV, chill-filtered for the core range.

The Pinot Noir finish is the rarest wood deployment in Tomintoul's portfolio, introducing a Burgundian red-fruit register that no standard Speyside house replicates at this scale. Drink now; no declared vintage.