No Clynelish today. Its because today I got my first born son home from the hospital, and that was to be celebrated, now that he's well asleep, and the misses too. How to celebrate? With something made in Scotland and sold only in Denmark. As you see, this whisky was exclusively bottled for "Vin & Vin Hjørring" 36 btls. But I have another bottle strikingly similar, also of only 36 bottlings, from the same cask, but exclusively bottled for "Skjold Brune Vinhandel Aalborg". So it seems there was a cask of Ledaig split between several wine shops in Denmark. That might sound a bit liberal, but then again, it scored 92p on average (this day) on www.whiskybase.com (Omg, that should so not count, well it doesn't, too me). From a sherry butt. The color is cinnamon orange. It smells sweet, peppery, rich, yet not creamy sherry, honey, beeswax, seaweed, salty, butter, dried garlic, reminds me a bit of a young Talisker, but it has a lot more depth, a mix of Talisker and Dailuaine? Maybe some Glenfarclas in the mix, quite rich, spicy and peaty! The taste is extremely peppery, ashtray, peat, smoke, bonfire, wow! The peat completely dominates the sherry, but some dry notes in the aftertaste leaves a lingering exit. Time to add some water. Now it goes more oaky, feinty, pine wood, citron, a bit earthy notes, just a bit off as the peat is severely restrained by the addition of water. The finish is (with water) herbal, peaty and peppery.
The nose is easily a 9.5, even a 10. The taste shows it should've stayed 5 more years on oak: 8
Next tasting: Clynelish Distillery
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