Ledaig 1993 Connoisseurs Choice

Ledaig 10 Year Old

Not being an expert, my purpose of writing this is merely to maybe help others, like me, to find good options on their journey. So, to put this in context: this is me in a nutshell - I started floral (Glenkinchie, Dalwhinnie), and quickly moved into unpeated sherried varieties (Aberlour, Glendronach) and some little side-steps into port...

Score 86/100

Ledaig 13 Year Old 1998 Malts of Scotland

Ledaig (pronoucned ‘ledsjick’) is the peated whisky from Tobermory, the distillery on the Isle of Mull. This sherry cask was put to sleep in 1998 and bottled by Malts of Scotland after 13 years. It is, if I am not mistaken, the third Ledaig from MoS (and the second from a sherry cask). Can a nose be called nervous? If so, this one falls into that...

Score 86/100

Ledaig Rioja Cask Finish

Ledaig barely needs an introduction, right? The peated version of Tobermory. The name means 'safe haven' and it was also the original name of the distillery, until the village of Tobermory burst at the seams and swallowed up the fishing port. Bottled at 46.3% to eliminate the need for chill filtration. This Ledaig first matured in bourbon casks...

Score 85/100

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