Ledaig 10 Year Old

Ledaig 10 Year Old

After having bought a bottle of the new Tobermory 10 i decided that, when going for my second bottle, that i should take with me it's peated brother: Ledaig 10 year old. It has got the same new, fresh, craft presentation as it's Tobermory sibling, except the glass is clear. The Ledaig is slightly darker in color, as far as the spirit goes, so...

Score 85/100

Ledaig 10 Year Old

I've always been a bit of a Ledaig fan boy and have usually loved what I've had, especially the Amontillado cask one ... wowzers! The 18 was OK but I think bourbon (or a certain type of sherry ;) generally works best here. So here is a bottle of the 10 OB. It has been open a good few months with little gone from the bottle as it had a rather...

Score 83/100

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

Ledaig 10 Year Old

Since October 2010, Burn Stewart no longer applies chill filtration and has therefor started bottling all of their whisky at 46,3% ABV. Ledaig (say letsjick) is, as you probably know, the peaty whisky that comes out of the stills at Tobermory. The malt for Ledaig is peated up to 30 to 40 ppm. About half of Tobermory’s output is this peaty Ledaig....

Score 82/100