Ledaig 13-year-old

Name: Ledaig 13-year-old
Brand: Ledaig
SKU: 104898
Rating: 88.47 (302 reviews)

Overall rating: 88.47/100
votes: 302

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Tobermory
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: Amontillado Cask Finish
Bottled: 2017
Stated Age: 13 years old
Casktype: Amontillado Sherry Cask Finish
Strength: 59.2 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml 700 ml
Bottle code: P040675.L5 17128
Barcode: 5029704219025
Added on: 11 Dec 2017 9:12 am by NRS

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€ 107.25

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Whisky Reviews for Ledaig 13-year-old

61 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 88.47 points

Othorion scored this whisky 88 points
02 May 2018 9:46 pm
Good for water Delicious!

Nose

Smoke, toffee, sea breeze, forest honey, sweet sherry

Taste

Candied ginger, maritime, salty, smoky, creamy, caramel sauce, berry jam, nutty

Finish

Warming, roasted nuts, smoke and caramel sauce, with some ginger, getting slightly dry
theograph scored this whisky 91 points
03 Sep 2018 3:31 pm
An absolute cracker! Saugeil!

Nose

Baconous sweet smoke, picksüß! BBQ, pinch of salt, red fruits, sherry, marzipan, cinnamon, baked apple;

Taste

Oily, BBQ, smoke, honey, BBQ honey dip, ripe oranges, marzipan, super sweet, smoky, dry;

Finish

Smoke, dry, extremely sweet note, eternally long;
Gloin scored this whisky 87 points
04 Feb 2020 12:10 am
There it is again, that rotten note that is characteristic of many Ledaig. It is not as pronounced as many young Bruichladdich, but it is dominant. I do not like it.
I like the taste much better and the finish is a nice ending.
Even if the profile doesn't match my preferences, the whisky is well made. Above all, I like that the alcohol is very well integrated.

Nose

Smoke, rotten fruit, peach, banana, sweet, kind of rotten, nuts, slightly grassy

Taste

Thick, soft body, noticeable but pleasant start, some smoke, sweet peach juice, sweet liquorice herrings, a hint of sulfur

Finish

Again smoke and overripe, sweet fruit, with a pleasant herbal note and a little spicy oak, long
Cask1988 did not rate this whisky
14 Jan 2020 9:31 pm
JACKPOT! Marvelous whisky by Ledaig! I do like sherry, but I don’t like Amontillado sherry to drink as it is. Finish wise (in maturation) it added a beautiful extra dimension and a great layer.

Nose

Give it some time and water. It needs to open up. A delicate smokey nose. Salty and seasoning notes. I get smoked bacon, white grapes, peanuts and caramel. Also the amontillado profile reveals itself. Dried white sultana’s and dates, in a typical sherried body.

Taste

Complex, intense, flavorful. Creamy and thick body. Incredibly layered for a 13yo whisky! I’m impressed. I get tobacco smoke, oranges, salt and mexican spices. Highly enjoyable.

Finish

Very long and enjoyable! Delicate peat smoke. This is where the earthy Ledaig character pushes through the most. Quite a lot of black pepper in the finish. Finish wise it could use quite some water, but in my opinion the rest of the experience would be damaged by that so I would not recommend doing so.
SAND scored this whisky 89 points
25 Nov 2019 10:21 pm

Opened one year ago.
NOSE: Fat, rich nose with engine oil, tar, asphalt, old salty ropes, hints of stock fish, then more secondary notes of dried, sweet fruits. Very nice! (90p)
TASTE: Quite sweet and fruity. Oily and viscous but less so than the nose hinted at. Sweet sherry fruit notes, engine oil, salt, peat, a little black pepper. Water opens up and slightly mellow the taste, with slightly more fruitiness, orange marmalade, less immediate black pepper but slightly more of it in the aftertaste. A very good Ledaig. (88-89p)
TOTAL SCORE: 89 points.
DerDennis! scored this whisky 88 points
29 May 2020 11:45 pm
The alcohol initially hides a lot, but sulfur and cowshed can still get through easily. I need a lot of water here, then it becomes pleasant, but remains strong and spicy. I like it better than the 18 Sherry
Jackson05 scored this whisky 89 points
01 May 2019 5:46 pm

Had this 1oz sample last night, and I’m surprised to learn its 59%. Wow, drinks great for that abv, I would have guessed 50%.

Really nice harmony between spirit and cask here. Lots of Ledaig funky, woolen, barnyard, minerality, with also a nice sweetness from the cask. Not too sweet, but a nice desert wine element. Apricots, pear, peach, golden raisins, pineapple. Really good.

89/100
peatbogger scored this whisky 89 points
06 Oct 2018 10:37 pm
Absolutely nothing about this whisky is modest.

Nose

87 87

Neat the alc is a little agressive on the nose.
Sweet and a tiny bit sour dark fruit.
Peaty, heavy smoked ham, mineral.
Some citrus, maybe grapefruit.

Taste

90 90

Heavy, creamy and oily. Almost breath taking.
Peaty and very salty.
Some sweet notes midway, caramel and jelly.
Earthy wood notes, or maybe it's spicy soil?

Finish

89 89

This is a long finish... and a bold one as well.
Drying and slightly bitter at the very end.
Seb.Whisky scored this whisky 85 points
17 Jul 2018 2:32 pm
Amontillado is an Andalusian Sherry, produced in the Montilla region since the 18th century. Without going into detail that I do not control, the Amontillado is produced on a Fino base that will mutate 'abnormally' whose contact with the air is very limited to avoid rapid oxidation. It can also become Amontillado thanks to an additional fortification of alcohol, going from about 13% to 17% and finishing its maturation in old oak barrels. It is thus classified halfway between a Fino and an Olorosso, developing notes of wood, dried fruit and tobacco. The combination of these barrels and the peated whisky produced by the Tobermory distillery works particularly well. This is my taste anyway, as for the port casks in general. www.passionduwhisky.com

Nose

Nose: fat and voluptuous peat as Ledaig can do. Leave him a few minutes to calm his ardor and you will receive tobacco, candied oranges, a minty presence, or pine. Milky caramel. The aeration will introduce the following, namely salt.

Taste

Palate: This peat brings with it a massive dose of salt, it's impressive this instant domination. Overall it's Ledaig in all its splendor, with horses under the hood. Then we will touch something more fat, fruity, always with orange marmalade, a set of small black fruits. It's still very powerful.

Finish

Final: The salt will persist, the peat will be more medicinal, with also elder syrup, berries and other small black fruits. Tobacco smoke. Camphor.
Calmar scored this whisky 88 points
17 May 2018 6:56 am
Very juicy and pushy, it is very young, but attractive with its spontaneity and fervor, if you are not afraid of light, but ubiquitous rubber motifs.

Nose

An open, humid, smoke-peaty notes in the frame of raisins and wilted grapes, a leather jacket smelling of fire, smoked salmon, a cordite cord, new tires.

Taste

Powerful, saturated, charcoal, peat, sweet raisin-confectionery notes, berry jam, young bark, rubber, burnt biscuits, plastic.

Finish

Spicy, smoky-peat, warming, berry jam on burnt toast, ginger, lemon candied fruits, nuts, a little rubber.

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