While letting this Ledaig 1973 settle in the glass, I looked at a couple of other reviews, and it quickly became clear that the judges didn’t really agree. That made me even more keen to try it.

This one is a combination of cask #1711 and #1712 . Ian Macleod also bottled cask #1710 in its Chieftain’s series.

Ledaig 31 yo 1973 (47,8%, Chieftain’s 2004, sherry hogsheads #1711-1712, 120 btl.)

Nose: quite peculiar. Rather estery, minty, with lots of resinous notes and a little balsamic vinegar, but on the other it also shows a classic dark side. Coal,...