Ledaig Peated

Ledaig 1998/2010 12 Year Old Malts of Scotland

The German independent bottler Malts of Scotland released two casks of this Island whisky last year. A bourbon cask (800029) and this sherry cask (800025). I wonder how different they will be. Interestingly there was a year between the filling of these two casks. Can we still call them sistercasks then? I think not. The numbers of the casks are...

Score 88/100

Ledaig 9 Year Old Creative Whisky Company Exclusive Range

David Stirk bottled this Ledaig - the peated whisky from Tobermory - after 9 years in an ex-bourbon cask. It was bottled for the Exclusive Range, which is a selection of young, accessible and affordable whisky. Of the 381 bottles that cask 135 yielded, only 100 are available in Belgium, exclusively at the Belgian Whisky Shop of the Year 2011,...

Score 84/100

Ledaig 1997/2010 13 Year Old Malts of Scotland

This Ledaig came from the warehouses of Malts of Scotland (German Indie). It was distilled on 24th March 1997 and bottled in October 2010 after a maturation of 13 years in a bourbon hogshead. The cask had a yield of 303 bottles (and some miniatures). I got this sample from a special box with 6 Malts of Scotland whiskies in tubes of 2,5cl, that I...

Score 87/100

Ledaig 10 Year Old

Evidently this stuff is pronounced "Led-chig." Well, duh. On the nose this is very Islay-ish. Sweet, tarry, medicinal, sort of swampy. An interesting nose with a fair bit going on. Better with water. In the mouth it hits with immediate peat and a very Bowmore-like sweetness, and also a touch of that Bowmore dirtiness that sometimes...

Score 86/100