25 Year Old Xtra Old
70cl / 57.2%
A long-aged smoky Ledaig, bottled at 25 years old. We're big fans of Ledaig – Tobermory's smoky spirit – and when we tried this exclusive single cask we had to have it all for ourselves. It was distilled in 1997 and bottled in 2023, and the 25 years in cask have allowed it to develop into a complex and elegant whisky with a solidly smoky backbone.
BOTTLER - Douglas Laing
SERIES - Xtra Old Particular
AGE - 25 YEAR OLD
- COUNTRY - SCOTLAND
REGION - ISLAND
VINTAGE - 1997
NO OF BOTTLES - 171
CASK TYPE - Refill Hogshead
CHILL FILTERED - no
COLOURING - no
TASTING NOTES
NOSE | You don’t need to get close to the glass to smell this! Warm engines, school plimsolls and burning ferns – all in a good way. Roasted, stewed and flame-grilled apples build through the middle, with pleasantly dirty smoke, coal scuttles and creosote. Smouldering mint and a touch of menthol develop. |
PALATE | Surprisingly restrained after the monster nose, with liquorice, mint and menthol balanced by pineapple and passion fruit. Coal dust lingers at the back along with sweet mint fondant, candied orange, singed raisins and blueberry muffins. |
FINISH | A burst of engine oil leads to wine gum fruitiness, mint, menthol and bung cloth. Sweet pink shrimp sweets explode as everything else fades to leave soft blueberry notes. |