Ledaig 2007 JW (Jack Wiebers Whisky World)

Jack Wiebers Whisky World selected this Ledaig matured to 15 year old from 2007, drawn from cask 2175 and bottled at 49.5%. A release of 120 bottles. Made on the Isle of Mull, Ledaig is the heavily peated malt of the island's only distillery. 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. Past a decade the smoke softens, the soot and brine settling over ripe fruit. The cool, damp island air gives a slow, even maturation. The town of Tobermory was laid out by the British Fisheries Society a decade before the distillery came. The distillery's history is broken by long silences; its buildings once stored a local cheddar. Burn Stewart revived production in 1993, and Distell bought the distillery in 2013.

At a natural 49.5% it is bold and full. Wood smoke, BBQ char and a coastal salt, and the bourbon cask adds vanilla and a gentle honey. It is bold and coastal, the peat and soot to the fore. It closes long, smoky and briny. This is a heavily peated malt from Mull's only distillery.