{"product_id":"ledaig-26-year-old-1996-loch-fyne-single-sherry-cask-68-island-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2022-70cl","title":"Ledaig 26 Year Old 1996 Loch Fyne Single Sherry Cask #68 Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2022) 70cl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 28px;\"\u003eLedaig 26 Year Old 1996 Loch Fyne Single Sherry Cask #68 Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2022) 70cl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 of 427 bottles produced from a single Sherry Butt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom The Loch Fyne, this Ledaig expression from the Isle of Mull has been bottled as a part of their Fynest range. Aged solely in a single refill sherry cask for 26 years, the peated single malt has been presented at a massive 65.6% abv. One of only 427 bottles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExpect hints of liquorice, espresso and black pepper. Some gentle waves of peat allow for an additional layer of complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*PLEASE NOTE: Some minor dents to tin that does not affect the whisky itself at all. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Tobermory \/ Ledaig\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMull's only Scotch whisky distillery produces both peated an unpeated whisky for use in the Black Bottle and Scottish Leader blends, as well as for Ledaig and Tobermory single malts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is likely that in its earliest incarnation Ledaig was a peated malt, but in more recent times both peated and unpeated whisky has been made and bottled as both Ledaig and Tobermory. Thankfully, this has now been resolved with Ledaig now only being used for the heavily-peated variant. Equal amounts of both styles are currently being made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fermentation time is relatively short, but it is the unusually shaped stills which lie at the heart of the Tobermory style. They have both boil bulbs and a strange S-shaped kink in their lyne arms, all of which increases reflux.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, the single malt bottlings are non-chill-filtered and bottled at 46.3% abv.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMull’s capital may have been built by the Stevensons of Oban [see Oban], but Tobermory’s distillery has had a more chequered career than its mainland relative and with considerably more unusual owners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was established, as Ledaig, in 1798 by John Sinclair but like many small sites, the business foundered and it seems to have been silent between 1837 until 1878 when, after a succession of owners, it was finally brought within the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/scotchwhisky.com\/whiskypedia\/5893\/distillers-company-limited\/\"\u003eDCL\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eestate in 1916. It continued to produce until 1930 when it fell silent for over four decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA belated member of a group of old distilleries which were recommissioned in the post-war whisky boom, it was brought back in 1972 by a somewhat unusual joint venture between a Liverpool shipping company, Sherry producer Pedro Domecq and “Panamanian interests”. This unusual arrangement only lasted for three years, although the new owners renovated the distillery and increased capacity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA short further period of silence ended when a property firm based in Cleckheaton, Yorkshire bought it with the intention of converting some of the buildings to holiday accommodation. Others were used as a facility for storing cheese. It closed again in 1982 for 11 years when its current owner, Burn Stewart (now part of South African giant\u003cspan\u003e Distell) \u003c\/span\u003epurchased it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn January 2017 Distell announced a major refurbishment plan for the distillery, which would force its closure for two years from 31 March. However, Tobermory's visitor centre would remain open throughout the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e65.6% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ledaig","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54407267582290,"sku":"LED26LFSC68","price":279.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/9737\/9666\/files\/4502884626.jpg?v=1771948404","url":"https:\/\/whiskysituation.co.uk\/products\/ledaig-26-year-old-1996-loch-fyne-single-sherry-cask-68-island-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2022-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}