Ledaig 15

Coastal 15-year-old Ledaig. Always a delight to return to this distillate!

The nose on this one starts off a bit richer than you might expect, with smoked cocoa and pecans, and some savoury notes of soy and the paper wrapping from a fish supper (oily, salty, a drop of malt vinegar). As it breathes more lemon and tar emerge, along with some old fishing nets, and a faint whiff of iodine. Fun!

On the palate – an almost opulent peat smoke: fat, peppery and almost creamy. Sweet lemon syrup, brine, tar, green olives and herbal pastilles. Everything you need, really.

With water – crystalline, with perfect lemons, touches of peach and almond, seawater and smoke. Clean as a whistle, clear as a bell.

This bourbon barrel produced only 221 bottles at 54.5%