We’ve had unpeated Ledaig earlier than. In case you’re questioning why the unpeated spirit known as Ledaig as a substitute of Tobermory: it’s due to longer fermentation occasions, completely different lower factors and reflux settings.
This bottling is from The Maltman. It was completed for seven weeks in a Château Margaux cask.
Ledaig 27 yo 1996 – Non Peated (47,7%, The Maltman 2023, Chateau Margaux end#7709, 250 btl.)
Nostril: brown bread, with milk chocolate, ginger, caramelized peanuts and hints of peppercorns. Then gentle paraffin and tobacco leaves. Hints of purple berries and lemon cough drops within the background. Slightly sharp natural notes. Barely winey however positively not overdone.
Mouth: once more a transparent winey marker, however inside limits. Butterscotch, caramelized nuts, candied ginger and liquorice. Tangy pepper, leathery notes, strawberries. Then some tannins and drying cocoa in the direction of the top, together with blended herbs (frivolously bitter) and hints of toast.
End: good size, with citrus peels, herbs, pepper and salted liquorice.
I solely came upon this was completed in a purple wine cask after I ordered the pattern, however I don’t remorse it. The wine isn’t taking up and these unpeated Ledaigs are all the time fairly advanced and distinctive in my view. Nonetheless out there from Whiskysite.nl as an example.
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