Big Peat The Mitra Edition

700ml / 55.3%

Blended Malt

$126

Big Peat The Mitra Edition, a Big Peat vatting of Islay malts at 55.3% with Port Ellen inside. Heavily peated, showing briny smoke and crystallised lemon. A graceful, smoky Islay malt. A legend of the lost Islay distilleries. Coastal, waxy and long matured. Among the most sought after Islay malts. A rich Islay dram threaded with rare Port Ellen.

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SKU PEL073 Categories Islay, Scottish Whisky, Whiskey Brand: Douglas Laing

Description

Big Peat The Mitra Edition, a Douglas Laing vatting of Islay malts, holds Port Ellen among its components. It is built to show the big, smoky heart of Islay in a single glass. It carries a piece of closed distillery Islay in every bottle.

Blended malt means malt from more than one distillery, in this case Islay's smoky houses. Built without an age statement, Port Ellen adds its elegant, citric smoke to the mix. An ex-Bourbon cask shaped it, soft refill oak that lets the smoke lead. Refill ex-Bourbon oak, having given its sharpest notes to an earlier fill, lets the peat and the spirit lead. The peat is the point here, drawn from Islay's smoky distilleries. Bottlings carrying closed distillery malt grow rarer each year. Douglas Laing has long specialised in the malts of the islands. A dram built for those who take their whisky smoky.

Bottled at a cask strength 55.3%, it is intense. A soft maritime smoke carries maritime salt and citrus, with a touch of vanilla and cream from the wood. Beneath the peat run lemon, wax and a mineral note. A waxy, gently medicinal finish lingers long. An assertive, coastal blended malt touched by Port Ellen smoke.

Additional information

Weight

1.6 kg