Ledaig 1974 30 Year Old Sherry Hogshead Signatory

Ledaig 13 Year Old 2004 Connoisseurs Choice

I recently was offered the possibility to try no less than nine Ledaig from Gordon & Macphail’s Connoisseurs Choice head-to-head, all distilled between 1990 and 2004 and bottled between 2011 and 2017. Well, that was an opportunity I could not pass up. Let’s give those a go. This is the Ledaig that was distilled in 2004 and bottled in 2017. It...

Score 84/100

Ledaig 19 Year Old 1994 Gordon & Macphail Connoisseurs Choice

The Connoisseurs Choice from Gordon & Macphail is always bottled at 46% ABV. This Ledaig was presented at the Festival for Independent Bottlers in Belgium and I was told that it was somewhat atypical. So I simply had to try it, of course. It is indeed atypical on the nose. Very little smoke, but loads of herbal notes with vanilla and honey. A...

Score 81/100

Ledaig 10 Year Old

I had thought for sure I had reviewed this one at some point, but I hadn't - the only Ledaig I ever wrote up was a Cadenhead's Duthies 13yo (and scored it an 84). This is their standard 10yo expression - I think at some point they upped the ABV from 43 to 46.3%. The colour is a pale straw. Really peaty on the nose - more so than I remembered - and...

Score 85/100

Ledaig 1990 / Connoisseurs Choice

Neat at Marmo bar, Madrid. It pours intense golden, bright and clean. Aroma is very high and very sweet: marshmallow, vanilla, pudding. Alongside these we can smell sandalwood and tobacco (peaty scents), dry lemon and a subtle tinge of Jalapeño pepper. Nice. Mouthfeel starts soft and pungent (that pepper forecasted this); then somewhat lacking...

Score 88/100