Ledaig 14 Year Old 2008 Merlot Barrique - Claxton's

Located on the Isle of Mull, the Tobermory distillery was founded in 1798. Renamed Ledaig in 1972 when it reopened after 42 years of closure, it was closed again in 1975 before reopening under the name Tobermory in 1989. It produces two single malts, one unpeated, eponymously called Tobermory, and the other peated (between 30-40ppm of phenols), under the name Ledaig. To develop the latter, the distillery obtains its barley from the Port Ellen malt house on Islay. 

This peated Island Scotch Whisky, a limited release of 263 bottles after full maturation in a Merlot Barrique, shows us a very gourmet side of this distillery, marked by notes of black fruits, ash and sweet spices.