Ledaig 20 Year Old

Ledaig Peated Sherry Finish

The pretty box says that this is a limited edition first bottling of the sherry finished peated single malt from Ledaig for the year 2000. The carton smells like my grandpa's schoolbooks! I found it at my favorite local liquor store in the same row as the Ledaig 10. I took it to the counter and the woman working didnt know what it cost. I told her...

Score 90/100

Ledaig 10 Year Old

I had thought for sure I had reviewed this one at some point, but I hadn't - the only Ledaig I ever wrote up was a Cadenhead's Duthies 13yo (and scored it an 84). This is their standard 10yo expression - I think at some point they upped the ABV from 43 to 46.3%. The colour is a pale straw. Really peaty on the nose - more so than I remembered - and...

Score 85/100

Ledaig 10 Year Old

After tasting the improved Tobermory 10 and hearing good things about this one (mostly outside Connosr;) I looked for it and got a bargain at €26,- on a Dutch webshop. Now being halfway the bottle after one month, I thought it was time for the review. Nose: Without water its a bit rough, burnt oak and big medicinal peat and band-aid. After a few...

Score 87/100

Ledaig 15 Year Old 2000 Connoisseurs Choice

I recently was offered the possibility to try no less than nine Ledaig from Gordon & Macphail’s Connoisseurs Choice head-to-head, all distilled between 1990 and 2004 and bottled between 2011 and 2017. Well, that was an opportunity I could not pass up. Let’s give those a go. This is the Ledaig that was distilled in 2000 and bottled in 2015. It...

Score 86/100