{"id":7348,"date":"2017-03-16T10:12:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T09:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/?p=7348"},"modified":"2017-03-17T09:26:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T08:26:15","slug":"reviewing-new-tobermory-21-manzanilla-cask-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/reviewing-new-tobermory-21-manzanilla-cask-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Reviewing new Tobermory 21 (Manzanilla Cask Finish)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tobermory Distillery<\/a> has recently launched two limited edition malts – Ledaig<\/a> 19 Year Old and Tobermory<\/a> 21 Year Old.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Ledaig<\/a> 19 Year Old (51% ABV) is some of the first spirit distilled when peated single malt production commenced at Tobermory distillery in the late 90\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Peat-dried malted barley was married with naturally peat-infused water from a lochan high in the mountains above the village. The spirit was then matured in superior oak wood casks before being finished in Marsala wine casks. The result is a beautiful rich single malt with a mouth-filling sweetness of berries and dark chocolate with a full peat explosion of black pepper and bonfire smoke.<\/p>\n

The second special release, and the one I’ll be looking at today, is an unpeated Tobermory<\/a> 21 Year Old<\/strong> (53.8% ABV \u2013 cask strength) with a Manzanilla cask finish.<\/p>\n

Limited bottles of the edition will be available in the USA, Canada, Europe and Asia as well as at the distillery on Mull at an RRP of \u00a3130.<\/p>\n

Situated on the coast of the magical Isle of Mull, Tobermory<\/a> is the island\u2019s only distillery and is famed for producing two different, but equally alluring single malts.<\/p>\n

Its namesake, an unpeated whisky is produced for six months with the remainder of the year used to create its peated counterpart, Ledaig.<\/p>\n

Carina Gous for Distell\u2019s Malts Portfolio, said:<\/strong> \u201cTrue to its heritage, Tobermory<\/a> produces traditional, unchill-filtered malts. The wonderfully peated Ledaig and the light, unpeated Tobermory edition reflects the rich past of what is one of the oldest commercial distilleries still in operation.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe release of these fine Hebridean whiskies reinforces our commitment to our whisky lovers around the world to provide innovative and authentic, quality single malts.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Nose:<\/strong> rich and fruity with mince pie, dried cranberries, cooked apricots, cherry clafoutis & walnut bread. There’s a bit of a christmassy vibe in this nose which brings out some melancholic thoughts! Those sweet notes then lead the way to a huge bowl of porridge with maple syrup (Ameeeeriicaaa, F*ck Yeah!)<\/em><\/strong>, brown sugar, oak & sweet spices.<\/p>\n

Palate:<\/strong> thick and rather chewy, very easy-drinking depsite its 54.5% ABV. More spices show up on the mouth, with citrusy notes (grapefruit? blood orange?), white pepper and something slightly vegetal such as jasmin\/rosemary and honeysuckle. Of course, the dried fruits are still very present, accompanied by gingerbread cookies, speculoos and delicious roasted chestnuts.<\/p>\n

Finish: lingering with more bitter notes and wine tannins.<\/p>\n

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Cover Pic: The Whisky Ledger<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tobermory Distillery has recently launched two limited edition malts – Ledaig 19 Year Old and Tobermory 21 Year Old. The Ledaig 19 Year Old (51% ABV) is some of the first spirit distilled when peated single malt production commenced at Tobermory distillery in the late 90\u2019s. Peat-dried malted barley was married with naturally peat-infused water from a lochan high in the mountains above the village. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[230],"tags":[1177,44,1178,1175,385,1176,1179],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7348"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7348"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7357,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7348\/revisions\/7357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}