Jose-Massu-Espinel
Ledaig Sinclair Series Rioja Cask
Single Malt — Isle of Mull , Scotland
Reviewed
May 23, 2021 (edited March 29, 2024)
My second Ledaig is a peaty surprise, and it is starting to call my attention because of the prizes that this distillery is winning and the good products they seem to be making. This expression has been matured in Spanish Rioja Wine casks.
Bottled at 46.3%abv, a peach color.
On the nose, a good mixture between fruitiness and peat. Strawberry juice, peaches, cigarrettes. Herbal, cherry syrup, a mossy peat and peach syrup.
The palate was great!: Starts super Salty, then releases a red fruit syrup, pepper. Very sulphuric; Gunpowder. A sexond sip became interesting and weird, but not bad: swamp, pond and rainforest. Yes, you read that right.
Aftertaste is very smokey and super dry. Ashy and super salty, lovely peat.
Overall, this was a great expression, mostly peaty with some fruitiness. The peat shows itself in herbal and wet ways, that is why this dram made me remember ponds and rainforests. Cool experience, i would recommend it, bit i might not drink it constantly, my score for it is an 89 over 100.
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