TORMORE 16 ANS

This 16 year old Tormore Distillery is a Single Malt Scotch Whiskey from the Speyside region. This whiskey is a Single Malt. To be classified as Single Malt, a whiskey must obey two essential rules. It is produced in a single distillery (Single), then come only from malted cereals: the Malt. This malted cereal must be barley, sometimes in rare cases it is possible to use rye. Scotland is the main supplier of single malt. These are then Scotch Single Malt Whiskey, but there are other producing countries such as Japan, India, the Czech Republic or France which also produce excellent Single Malt. The principles are always the same, the whiskey must be the product of one and the same distillery and the cereal used must be malted barley. This 16-year-old Tormore Distillery is a whiskey from Speyside, a region located by the North Sea, in the heart of the Highlands. It produces about 60% of the volumes of single malts in Scotland, it is the region which has the largest quantity of distilleries still in operation, around fifty. Everything was organized around the River Spey, the main river that gave its name to the Speyside region. Other rivers flow and their name evokes the distilleries which drink there such as the Livet for Glenlivet, the Fiddich for Glenfiddich, the Deveron for Glen Deveron, they flow to the golf course of Moray, which gave the Glen Moray . There are a few exceptions where peat-dried malts have been used, Speyside malt whiskeys are not peated. The common characteristic of Speyside whiskeys is a certain roundness and a lot of elegance. The aromas are always balanced between fruity touches and notes of freshly harvested grains, Speyside whiskeys evoke the great classicism of Scottish Malts. For information, know that Speyside Glenlivet was King George IV's favorite whiskey!

This whiskey is a Scottish whiskey. Scotland has the largest number of active distilleries with more than 97 malt distilleries recorded. Traditionally, distilleries use double distillation, a regulated distillation since the 17th century! It is not without reason that the famous "" scotch whiskey "", recognized for its taste qualities, is part of the Scottish heritage. Five major regions are commonly accepted: the Lowlands to the south and the Highlands to the north are the two largest and certainly best known, Speyside to the northeast, Campbeltown and the islands (Orkney, Skye, Mull, Jura and Arran) and finally the island of Islay on which is certainly the largest concentration per km² of malt distilleries in the country.