Big Peat The Nicolas Edition

Big Peat The Nicolas Edition, from Douglas Laing, vats Islay's smoky malts with Port Ellen at its core. It gathers Islay's smoky malts into a rich, coastal blended malt. Big Peat has appeared in countless editions for markets and festivals.

A blended malt vats single malts from several distilleries, here the peated names of Islay. Built without an age statement, the Port Ellen component lends its refined, oily smoke. It rested in ex-Bourbon oak, the wood holding back so the peat speaks. Long, cool maturation in Islay warehouses lets the smoke knit slowly with the oak. Douglas Laing has long specialised in the malts of the islands. A dram built for those who take their whisky smoky. The Port Ellen within ties it to one of Islay's lost legends. Smoke, salt and citrus run through its Islay character. It wears the big, coastal smoke of the island with pride.

At 46% it is supple and elegant. Soft coconut and vanilla from the oak, while a refined peat reek carries brine, wax and a mineral edge. A lanolin wax and a coastal salinity give it real weight. The close is slow, soft peat over wax. A rich Islay dram threaded with rare Port Ellen.