Ledaig 2005, 11yo Signatory Vintage.

I have to admit that it took me too long to fully explore whisky releases from independent bottlers. Just this year have i tasted a lot of single malts from Signatory Vintage, and i got to say that most of them are very good.  This time i managed to get a glass of Ledaig 2005, 11yo, matured in a first fill sherry butt; drawn from the cask #900157, at 56.9%abv., with a tawny color. Ledaig is an island distillery that has a twin sister, Tobermory, and they should get more attention than the one they have. On the nose, this is something very "fishy" going on. Starts sweet, with a very clean cinnamon note, and some burnt brownies. Lighty peated, some hard mint candy. After a minute, everything changed into a herbal, "swampy" note. Mint tea. After a first sip, the aroma released this strange but not off-putting aroma of a fish being fried at the beach. New wood, Toffee and grilled fish. Very odd. The palate was very sweet with a peaty profile as well. Cigarrettes, acid prunes, pepper. A second sip was totally different, with a thick toffee note, very fancy. Dulce de leche and Salt. Aftertaste was a little one-dimensional, but still very nice. Cigarrettes, acid prunes; salt and sulphur. Overall, this is a very good whisky, with a strange fish note somewhere in the aroma. The high ABV seems perfect to develop the profile of this dram, and i got to say that it has a good balance between sweet, acid and peaty. My scorr for it is a solid 88 over 100.