Ledaig 1972 - Single Cask - Private Bottling

INFORMATION

Ledaig 1972. Single Cask. Private Bottling. 70cl. 51.9%.

This bottle was obtained by the vendor during their visit to Arran distillery in 1998. According to reports, a few cask were stored at Arran by Harold Currie (founder of Arran Distillery) to be presented to his four sons on their 21st birthdays. This Ledaig 1972 was not bottled at that time and aged in the cask further. It is speculated that it was bottled in 1995 at 23 years old.

DISTILLERY:Ledaig

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:51.9%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

BOTTLER:Private Bottling

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK NUMBER:NA

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Island

DISTILLED YEAR:1972

Ledaig was the original name of the distillery in Tobermory village on the Isle of Mull, but the distillery was rechristened as Tobermory in 1979 during a troubled period of sporadic production that lasted until Burn Stewart purchased the distillery in 1993. The 1974 vintage of Ledaig is considered the distillery's finest and is highly sought after at auction.

Nowadays, Tobermory distillery produces both the Ledaig (peated) and Tobermory (unpeated) single malt spirits in a 50/50 ratio. Ledaig was officially relaunched as a 10-year-old in 2007, but the brand really took off in 2010 after a pair of wildly successful sherry casks of rubbery, farmhouse-tinged Ledaig 2005 were bottled at cask strength by Berry Bros & Rudd. Ledaig’s quirky flavours and occasionally brutal exuberance have spawned a committed cult following.