Ledaig 1972 10 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & Macphail

Ledaig 1996 Connoisseurs Choice

Ledaig 1996 Connoisseurs Choice by independent bottlers Gordon and MacPhail. Bottled in 2013. Young age really shows and not in a flattering way. Not a bad whisky at all but more on the mediocre side. I remember Ralfy saying that Tobermory whiskies usually need much aging to get better. I do like the 10 year old Tobermory, which I guess, is on...

Score 80/100

Ledaig 10 Year Old

Nose: you wake in a tent after a night camping. The air is cool and moist. You open the flaps of the tent and survey the detritus from the night before. There are some empty cans and bottles but the main scent carried across the damp air is from the campfire, long gone out. The dew laden grass contributes a moist, organic aroma. Taste: you're sat...

Score 80/100

Ledaig 2005 4 Year Old (bot 2010) BBR #900008

sample from a friend This may be my first Ledaig, and I am going into this one with very little backstory for the bottle. No expectations, no ideas. What fun! Nose: That's a powerful nose and it needs a few minutes to blow off and calm down. Now a peaty side emerges with seaweed, lapsang souchong, salty roasted meat. Vinuous sherry with some notes...

Score 83/100

Ledaig 10 Year Old

This solid Islander (and smoky big brother to Tobermory) is a nice alternative to the more familiar and aggressively peaty Islay whisky, but may still offend those with lighter tastes. Subtle-sweet fruit followed by tangy vanilla extract and gentle smoky malt, with an underlying earthy peat not dominating, but backing the entire proceedings....

Score 87/100