Ledaig 2011 (The Whisky Agency)

700ml / 53.2%

Single Malt

$217

A smoky Ledaig single malt, a 10 year old, from 2011 released by The Whisky Agency, at 53.2%. The smoky malt of Mull, showing peat smoke, soot and raisin and toasted nuts. Smoke and sea salt throughout. From the painted harbour town of Tobermory. Smoke and fruit, well aged. A smoky, peated island malt. Maritime, briny and bold.

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SKU TBM293 Categories Islands, Scottish Whisky, Tobermory, Whiskey Brand: Ledaig

Description

This is a Ledaig, chosen and bottled by The Whisky Agency matured to 10 year old from 2011 and bottled at 53.2%. Only 361 bottles were released. Ledaig is the peated malt made at Tobermory on Mull, a distillery founded as Ledaig in 1798. Burn Stewart revived the distillery in 1993, and Distell of South Africa bought it in 2013.

The spirit was distilled from peated malt in kinked copper stills on soft Mull water, giving a sooty, coastal peat smoke over a fruity sweetness. Maturation in sherry laid dried fruit over the peat. Still young, it is smoky and briny with a sweet lift. A patient maturation suits the bold, smoky Ledaig character. Burn Stewart revived production in 1993, and Distell bought the distillery in 2013. The stills carry boil bulbs and a kink in the lyne arms, which lifts the reflux. Water is drawn from a private hill loch, the Gearr Abhainn, above the town.

At a full 53.2% it is intense and layered. Peat smoke, brine and a medicinal note, and the Oloroso gives dried fruit and a toasted nuttiness. A BBQ char and a sea salt lift it. Soot and brine see out a long finish. This is Ledaig, the peated malt of the Isle of Mull.