Ledaig 30 Year Old 1993 Gordon & Macphail Connoisseurs Choice Single Refill Sherry But #709 Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2024) 70cl

Ledaig 30 Year Old 1993 Gordon & Macphail Connoisseurs Choice Single Refill Sherry But #709 Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2024) 70cl

1 of 381 bottles produced from a single refill sherry butt. 

Arguably the most famous independent bottler of Scotch whisky there is. Gordon & MacPhail was founded in Elgin in 1895 by James Gordon and John Alexander MacPhail. It is now owned by the Urquhart Family who have bow bottled over 350 different expressions from around 69 different distilleries. Gordon & MacPhail is the Trading name of Speymalt Whiskies while also owning the Benromach distillery, which they purchased in 1993. Some of the brands include Connoisseurs Choice, Cask Strength, Rare Old and Speymalt.

TASTING NOTES

Nose: Fragrant Seville orange combines with strawberry and toffee apples. Stewed fruit infuses with ginger spice.

Palate: Brown sugar and vanilla pod give way to dried cherry. Smooth coffee bean leads to dried banana and toasted oak.

Finish: Medium-bodied with lingering autumnal spice and black pepper.

About Tobermory / Ledaig

The Tobermory distillery is located in the main town of the same name on the Isle of Mull. The distillery, the only one on the Isle of Mull, is located in the northern part of the island on Tobermory Bay. From Oban on the mainland it is about a 40-minute ferry ride to Mull. Tobermory comes from the Gaelic and means "the Mary or Maria spring". The Tobermory distillery was founded in 1798 under the name Ledaig. In 1972 the Ledaig Distillery Tobermory Ltd. was founded. The name was then changed from Ledaig to Tobermory and after many closures the distillery was reopened in 1993. At the Tobermory distillery there are two wash stills and two spirit stills in the stillhouse. One pair of stills is used for Tobermory production and since 1996 Ledaig malt has been distilled again, the other two stills are for the production of Ledaig single malt. Ledaig malt is made from a more peated malt. Since Tobermory sold the warehouse, which has now been converted into apartments, the new spirit is stored at Deanston on the mainland. Refill, sherry and bourbon casks are used. The water comes from a lake in the mountains. The character of Tobermory malt is slightly peated and firm, the peat flavour does not come from the malt but from the water.

57.2% ABV

70cl