Tomatin 1988 Cu Bocan

Distilled in 1988, this is a limited edition bottling of smokey whisky from Tomatin distillery. This 1988 vintage whisky has been matured in casks that previously held highly peated Islay single malt. 2,200 bottles have been released.

For those that are interested, Cù Bòcan has stalked residents of the remote Highland village of Tomatin for centuries, his legend embellished by the hellhound's increasingly fractious behaviour.

Sightings are rare, once in a generation, always terrifying. A distillery worker, out walking late, was once relentlessly pursued by an imposing black beast, steam spiralling from flared nostrils, teeth bared.

Compelled beyond all-natural reason to feel the hound's dense fur he stopped and reached out, hand trembling, only to see the ghostly spectre - Cù Bòcan - dissolve before his eyes leaving nothing but a vacuum of deathly silence and an inky blue cloud of smoke, soon spirited away across the peat moorland…