Single Malt
Scotland
Sherry
An intense, Sherried, heavily peated 16 year old Tobermory single malt, bottled as part of the Darkness! range. This whisky was given a finishing period in a specially coopered, 50 litre Oloroso Sherry cask, bringing lip-smacking fruit notes to the table, blending excellently with the big, bold peat surging through its core.
Well, well. Peaty red Jelly Babies. Robinsons Fruit & Barley Summer Fruits. Freshly picked berries in a cardboard punnet.
Robust, mouth coating peat that's all pervading. That's a good thing, like a warming peaty hug. Grapefruit too, and a touch of mandarin orange.
Very long with lingering smoked oats and a subtle jammy vein.
I really just don't know why more isn't made of Ledaig. They're clearly streets ahead of many of their Islay rivals - this stuff is stellar. Might just be my proclivity for peat and Sherry talking, but hey. Whatcha gonna do.
