Ledaig 1972 32 Year Old

Ledaig 9 Year Old 2010 The Whisky Jury

Last summer I tried the first Ledaig bottled by Belgian bottler The Whisky Jury (the tasting notes are only just published, apologies), but here is Joeri with two new releases. This time it’s a former oloroso sherry cask that yielded 141 bottles available for the general public, while at the same time he launched a second cask – number 04014-2 –...

Score 87/100

Ledaig 10 Year Old

I've always been a bit of a Ledaig fan boy and have usually loved what I've had, especially the Amontillado cask one ... wowzers! The 18 was OK but I think bourbon (or a certain type of sherry ;) generally works best here. So here is a bottle of the 10 OB. It has been open a good few months with little gone from the bottle as it had a rather...

Score 83/100

Ledaig 23 Year Old 1998 Barrel Selection Special Release

The advantage as well as disadvantage of tasting as much as I do is that I often think I have a series ready for publication, but by the time I am ready to put the notes online, a new release will appear. This Ledaig matured on an oloroso sherry cask for 23 years and the label proudly boasts 100% UK Proof, which equates to 57.1%. Strangely enough,...

Score 88/100

Ledaig 2005 9 Year Old Signatory

I've had the great pleasure of enjoying 3 of these magnificent cask strength beauties in the last year or so and thought it well overdue to pay homage to this stunner. This was a plucky dip by the expert at Royal Mile who's only brief was 'likes peat and loves Octomore'. I was overexcited and totally captivated as the first bottle dwindled and...

Score 96/100