Ileach Single Malt Tasting notes and reviews
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Ileach Single Malt
- Brand
- Ileach
- Expression
- Single Malt
- Type
- Scotch Whisky ~ Single Malt
- Abv
- 40.00%
- Region
- Islay
- Availability
- US, Canada and Europe
- Website
- www.vintagemaltwhisky.com
Whisky Magazine Issue 6
Isaly tasting - Travels in Speyside & Kentucky - Talisker - Bourbon uncovered.
Published October 1999.
Michael Jackson
75- Nose
- Fino sherry? Saltiness. Grassy peatiness.
- Palate
- Silky, malty. Herbal fruitiness and bitterness, and some pepper.
- Finish
- Grassy and peaty again. Oily. Very late seaweedy medicinal touch.
- Comment
- Like Finlaggan, this must come from one of the Islay distilleries. It seems bigger, more rounded, but less assertive, than Finlaggan.
Jim Murray
75- Nose
- Like Tobermory, another dram offering pre-pubescent peatiness; green and raw.
- Palate
- The type of peaty malt usually seen only in blends. The intensity is overwhelming, with only limited oak to offer complexity. Big malt.
- Finish
- Peaty. Hasn't extracted sweetness from the oak so gristy greenness is unchecked.
- Comment
- This is fun stuff, a rare chance to taste a high-quality peaty malt at a relatively young age.
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