Ledaig 1993 (Old Particular)

From Douglas Laing comes this Ledaig, a 21 year old release from 1993, drawn from cask DL 10263 and bottled at 50.9%. A release of 288 bottles. Ledaig is the peated malt made at Tobermory on Mull, a distillery founded as Ledaig in 1798. The stills carry boil bulbs and an S shaped kink in the lyne arms, which raises reflux.

Distilled from malt peated to around thirty seven parts per million, building the bold, smoky Ledaig style. Maturation came in ex-Bourbon wood, vanilla beneath the soot. Long ageing brings a soft, sweet smoke, dried fruit and a coastal salt. The heavily peated spirit holds its smoke well across long maturation. It is one of the oldest commercial distilleries in Scotland still working. Tobermory has distilled in the island's harbour town since 1798. The town of Tobermory was laid out by the British Fisheries Society a decade before the distillery came.

At a natural 50.9% it is bold and full. Wood smoke, BBQ char and a coastal salt, and vanilla and a soft oak come from the bourbon wood. It is bold and coastal, the peat and soot to the fore. It finishes smoky, salty and warming. This is a heavily peated malt from Mull's only distillery.