Ledaig 10 Years Old Fs 120 years Flickenschild

Flickenschild selected this Ledaig, a 10 year old release and bottled at 50.8%. Just 120 bottles were filled. Ledaig is the smoky side of Tobermory distillery on the Isle of Mull, one of Scotland's oldest distilleries. It is one of Scotland's oldest distilleries, and the only one on its island.

It was run through the distillery's boil ball stills from peated barley, to build the medicinal, briny Ledaig character. Ex-Sherry wood added dried fruit to the smoky spirit. Still young, it is smoky and briny with a sweet lift. Peat smoke and active oak settle together over the years, the smoke softening as the fruit deepens. The distillery was refurbished and its stills renewed between 2017 and 2019. Mull's maritime climate works into the maturing casks over the years. It is one of the oldest commercial distilleries in Scotland still working. Tobermory has distilled in the island's harbour town since 1798.

At a natural 50.8% it is bold and full. Soot, sea salt and a sweet fruit, and the Oloroso lends raisin, walnut and a dried fruit richness. Beneath the smoke run brine, tar and a sweet fruit. It closes long, smoky and briny. This is the peated island malt of Mull.