Ledaig 2001 (Connoisseurs Choice)

Connoisseurs Choice – Cask Strength

700ml / 57.7%

Single Malt

$400

A peated Mull malt, Ledaig, a 22 year old, from 2001 chosen by Gordon & MacPhail, at 57.7%. Smoky and briny, all smoke, brine and dried fruit and walnut. Smoke, fruit and brine. One of Scotland’s oldest distilleries, on Mull. A peated Hebridean classic. Smoke and fruit, well aged. A smoky, peated island malt. Maritime, briny and bold.

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SKU TBM125 Categories Islands, Scottish Whisky, Tobermory, Whiskey Brand: Ledaig

Description

Single malt Ledaig, selected and bottled by Gordon & MacPhail matured to 22 year old from 2001, drawn from cask 279 and bottled at 57.7%. The outturn was 465 bottles. Ledaig is the smoky side of Tobermory distillery on the Isle of Mull, one of Scotland's oldest distilleries. Ledaig, the old name kept for the peated malt, means safe haven in Gaelic.

It was made in the kinked copper stills from peated barley, for a smoky, tarry make with a sweet core. A sherry butt held it, sherry and smoke twining together. Past twenty years the peat is a soft whisper over a deep, fruity malt. Sherry wood and peat smoke twine together, dried fruit meeting soot. Both malts feed the Scottish Leader and Black Bottle blends as well as single malt. The distillery was refurbished and its stills renewed between 2017 and 2019. Mull's maritime climate works into the maturing casks over the years.

At cask strength 57.7% it is muscular. Peat, iodine and a fruity sweetness, and sherried dried fruit and a nutty edge come through. A sweet fruit and a medicinal note sit under the smoke. The finish is deep, tarry and sweet. This is the smoky side of Tobermory distillery.