Ledaig 2007/2020 Signatory Vintage Cuvee #1

- Bottler: Signatory Vintage
- Distillery: Ledaig
- Alcohol content: 60.5 % vol.
- Distillation: 2007
- Bottling: 2020
- Declared age: 12
- Packaging: Tube
- Content quantity: 0.7 L
- Type: Single Malt Scotch Whisky
- Cask type: Refill Spanish Butts, Refill Port Hogshead Finish
- Colouring: natural colour
- Origin: United Kingdom
- Region: Islands

Tasting Notes:
Layered sherry aromas combined with sweet port wine and sea salt. Plus strong smoke and honey notes in the background.

With bottlings under the name Ledaig, the Isle of Mull competes with heavily peated Islay whiskies: the branch of the Tobermory Distillery is synonymous with heavily peated single malts. Kirsch Import and Signatory Vintage have set out to offer fans of bonfire, smoke and peat aromas diverse new flavour nuances. The result of their collaboration is a six-part, limited whisky series for the German market, which, in addition to strong smoke notes and aromas of sea salt and spray, plays the entire keyboard of sherry, wine and fruit notes: the Ledaig Cuvée Series.

Marrying single malts to create outstanding cuvées is probably one of the greatest challenges in the whisky world. A delicate touch is required when it comes to selecting harmonious casks. Andrew Symington of Signatory Vintage is world-renowned for his great talent in this field. In cooperation with us, the independent bottler decided to take an approach that is rather rare in the industry for the innovative Cuvée Series: the marriage exclusively with casks previously filled with wine and sherry.

These are initially Refill Spanish Butts, in which the smoky single malts matured for approx. six to ten years after distillation on 7 June 2007 or 5 September 2011. In selected Refill Port, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Madeira or Côtes de Provence Hogsheads from Andrew Symington's treasure trove of over 10,000 casks, the Ledaigs received a 29 to 34-month finish. Finally, Signatory united the whisky with half of the distillate from one of the Refill Spanish Butts, which was allowed to remain in it for the entire maturation period.

The flavour result is as complex as the process: heavy smoke and fresh maritime notes complemented by intensely fruity aromas. With plum jam and strawberry, tropical fruit and overripe peach, cherries, raisins and berries, the Ledaig Cuvée Series promises highly aromatic tasting experiences for demanding fans of smoky single malts. The eight to twelve-year-old cuvées were bottled at cask strength of at least 60.4% vol. and are, of course, neither coloured nor chill-filtered.

Noble cuvées in the best Signatory tradition, newly composed through the combination of various wine and sherry casks – with the six smoky-aromatic bottlings, enjoyable autumn evenings are guaranteed for smoke fans.