Tormore Merlot Barrique 2025

Tormore Merlot Barrique 2025

In Bond
£2,200.00
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Tormore Merlot Barrique 2025
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HED05074

22500 cl

63.5%
£2,200.00
Taxes excluded.
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Wine Storage

Storing with Hedonism Wines

Secure, Professional Storage for Your Fine Wines

Hedonism Wines is pleased to offer secure, fully insured and professionally managed storage for both under-bond and duty-paid wines and spirits. Whether purchased from Hedonism Wines or transferred from an existing collection, your wines are stored in optimal conditions until you are ready to enjoy them.

Why Choose Storage with Hedonism Wines?

Your wines and spirits will be stored at our specialist storage facility in Essex, just outside London. With over a decade of experience handling and storing fine wines and spirits, the facility maintains strict temperature and humidity controls to ensure your collection is preserved in optimal conditions.

Key benefits include:

  • One year of free storage when you start storing at Hedonism Wines.
  • Competitive storage rates: £15 per 12-bottle case per year, £7.50 per 6-bottle case per year, equivalent to £1.25 per standard bottle. Alternative formats will be charged accordingly.
  • Full insurance coverage for loss or breakage.
  • Quick and efficient delivery: Wines can be cleared and delivered within the UK in 3-4 working days.
  • Quarterly invoicing for storage fees to keep the process simple and transparent.
  • Easily manage your stored wines online, request condition reports, and track your collection effortlessly.
  • Flexibility to store wines purchased elsewhere, subject to our approval.

Storage Pricing

Below is a summary of our storage costs:

Service Cost
Inbounding fee Free
Withdrawal fee Free
Storage and insurance - per standard 75cl bottle, per year £1.25
Example: 12-bottle case (12 x £1.25) £15 per year
Example: 6-bottle case (6 x £1.25) £7.50 per year

Duty Charges

Below is a summary of the new duty charges per bottle as of February 2026. Please note that these vary depending on the ABV and are subject to change. Please get in touch if you require more information:

Product Duty charge
Wine 12.5% ABV £2.87 per 75cl bottle
Wine 13.5% ABV £3.10 per 75cl bottle
Wine 14.5% ABV £3.33 per 75cl bottle
Spirits 45% ABV £11.47 per 70cl bottle

Transparent Billing and Rate Calculations

  • Quarterly Billing: Clients are invoiced quarterly based on the wines stored in the preceding quarter.
  • Pro-Rata Charges: Storage fees are charged on a per-bottle basis, and wines stored for part of a month will be billed accordingly.

How Our Storage Service Works

  1. Purchase en primeur, under-bond or duty-paid wines from Hedonism Wines.
  2. Enjoy twelve months of complimentary storage when you open a storage account with us.
  3. After twelve months, storage will continue at the rates outlined above, with charges invoiced quarterly.
  4. When you’re ready to receive your wines, simply request delivery – most orders are fulfilled within 3–4 working days. For wines held under bond, the relevant duty and VAT will be payable before delivery.

With Hedonism Wines’ storage service, both under-bond and duty-paid wines can be stored securely until you are ready to have them delivered. If you have any questions or would like to learn more about our storage service, please contact our team.

Store Your Existing Collection

To arrange storage, please complete the Collection Transfer Form and send it to your sales representative or reserves@hedonism.co.uk. Our team will then guide you through the transfer process.

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Tormore, one of Speyside’s most architecturally striking distilleries, is celebrated for producing a refined, orchard-fruited style of whisky. The spirit is typically light yet characterful, showing notes of crisp pear, fresh apple, and soft herbs, carried by a clean sweetness that balances approachability with complexity. Though often overlooked, single cask bottlings from Tormore reveal a house style that is distinctive, charming, and elegant.

This barrique of Tormore was filled on 23rd May 2025 into a freshly seasoned 225-litre Merlot barrique at a natural strength of 63.60% ABV. The influence of the French oak barrique is set to complement Tormore’s orchard-fruited profile with layers of red berry richness, gentle spice, and a subtle tannic structure, adding depth and complexity as the spirit matures. With roughly 220 litres of new make spirit laid down, the interplay between distillate and wine cask promises a whisky of freshness, vibrancy, and poise.

The purchase price includes three years of professional storage and insurance at Braeside Bond.

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A Lesser Known Distillery

Tormore was one of the first Scottish distillery of the 20th century when it was completed in 1959. The striking granite distillery complex was constructed by Royal Academy architect Sir Albert Richardson and is a listed building.

Drawing its waters from the Allt an Torra Mhoir Burn, Tormore is one of the more obscure Speyside single malt distilleries. This is largely because most of the light, fruity malt it has produced has been destined for previous owners Chivas Brorthers' proprietary blends (as of 2022, Tormore has been owned by Elixir Distillers).

An initial 12-year-old official Tormore single malt was replaced by 14-year-old and 16-year-old expressions. Independent bottlings are unusual. Maturation of these is mostly in ex-Bourbon casks. In addition, independent bottlings from the likes of Signatory, Cadenhead's, Douglas Laing and That Boutique-y Whisky Company can be found.

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