Ledaig Rioja Cask Finish Sinclair Series / 46.3%/ 0.7l + glencairn
- Tobermory Distillery Sinclair Series, launched 2020, pays homage to the distillery founder John Sinclair, who in 1797 applied for a lease of land known as Ledaig (which means ‘Safe Heaven’).
Product description
The Sinclair Series is Tobermory Distillery’s fall 2020 offering.
Its patron is the distillery’s founder, John Sinclair. His application for land lease and permission to build a distillery in 1797 was rejected, but thanks to his natural persistence, Sinclair convinced the local authorities to support the project and Tobermory Distillery began production a year later. The first entry in the new series is the Ledaig Rioja Cask Finish presented here. Supposedly, over 400 years ago, a Spanish galleon carrying gold and valuables sank off the coast of the Isle of Mull, and this whisky is dedicated to his memory – aged in American oak barrels and finished in red wine barrels from the Rioja region.
Nose: fruity and smoky, red berries, grapes, dry rose petals, vanilla, milk chocolate, white pepper, licorice and a hint of salty breeze.
Palate : peat smoke and sea breeze, raspberries, blackberries, vanilla, cocoa, notes of cinnamon, pepper and lemongrass.
Finish: medium long, with notes of peat smoke, red berries, caramel, vanilla salt and a hint of pepper.