mardi 3 janvier 2012

Ledaig 10 years (en)

Bottle modest in price (34 euros) and reputation, this Ledaig was one of great surprises of this session. It comes in fifth place, just behind the Ardmore and Glenlivet to finish tied. This bottle has either not unanimous with 21 points betweenthe highest rating (93, an excellent score) and lowest (72).
The average of all ratings stood at 84.32.


Mars
Marine nose with iodine, pear and some new make, fireworks powder. There's a farmy side of seaweed and lemon.
It is well melted, powerful, slightly aggressive and bold.
Taste: Lemon, oily, sweet, spicy (no trace of wood). There are also mint tea (a lot) and licorice. The whole is melted.
Finish: greasy smoke and lemon galore. It is sweet and spicy (still no trace of wood). There is mint, lots of tea, licorice, vegetables and traces of exotic fruit and grapefruit.
It's cool and sickly at once.
93/100



Jean-Michel
Colour: Straw with hints of salmon.
Nose: Peat and diluted iris powder. Maybe some strawberry puree, but at this point, the flavors seem to be stuck at the bottom of the glass due to excessive dilution. By dipping the nose in the glass, you end up catching some tail of distillation notes (old Salers cheese), and some coffee, but God, all that is distant and discreet!
Palate: The attack is soft and sweet, not unpleasant, but without much flavor, without great power. Sugar water that adds to the cold ashes, and some sweet licorice. And not much else. Nothing needy, but it lacks punch, taste, personality.
Final: Vanishes quickly, leaving only the acrid smoke. Like drinking a glass of water behind a cigarette.
72/100

The complete collection of notes is to be found here: http://www.whisky-distilleries.info/WhiskyWDTS/RG/Bottle6_EN.shtml

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