Peated and sherried  Tobermory from the latest Single Malts of Scotland releases.

Ledaig 11 yo 2005 (56,8%, Single Malts of Scotland 2016, sherry butt #900161, 564 btl.)

Nose: deep smoke, with a tarry and medicinal edge. Also blackberries and pipe tobacco. Walnuts. A little metal polish. It combines well, perhaps because there’s some vanilla to round it all off. Mouth: sweet and medicinal, with plenty of soot and tar, as well as some cassis, cough syrup and caraway seeds. Pepper. Barbecued meats. Big, fat whisky – not for pussies. Finish: long, on cigars and salty smoke, with a...