Big Peat 12 Year Old Islay Vatted Malt Scotch Whisky
Short description
CARTON BOTTLE 700ml - Big Peat 12 Year Old was produced by Douglas Laing with only Single Malt Scotch Whisky from the Isle of Islay (Ardbeg, Bowmore, Caol Ila and Port Ellen), aged at least 12 years; come together in this bottle to give a new peated experience.- Available in stock: Available in stock
- Model: 26639
Whisky Big Peat 12 Year Old Islay Vatted Malt Scotch Whisky
700ml BOTTLE
This Blended Malt Scotch Whisky is an assembly of whisky peated from various Islay distilleries (Ardbeg - Bowmore - Caol Ila - Port Ellen), aged at least 12 years. It is part of the Douglas Laing "Remarkable Regional Malts" range.
Big Peat 12 Year Old Islay Vatted Malt Scotch Whisky the wording Vatted appears on the label which is a legacy from a few decades ago: Vatted as a union of several distillates but always of malted barley and not, as in the case of blended, as a union of barley distillates and distillates of other cereals, such as wheat or rye. Big Peat 12 Year Old Islay Vatted Malt Scotch Whisky it is a splendid opportunity to meet a proud malt from the island of Islay with also a small percentage of Port Ellen, a legendary distillery closed in the 80s and reopened a few years ago to celebrate and continue its myth.
TASTE
Notes of charred oak, chimney smoke and tar; in the long and persistent finish with brown sugar, smoke and ash.AGING
Different refinements based on the origin of the whisky used in blended.INSIGHTS ON WHYISKY BIG PEAT 12 YEAR OLD ISLAY VATTED MALT SCOTCH
Big Peat 12 Year Old Islay Vatted Malt Scotch Whisky it's a whisky very particular coming from the island of Islay, or the homeland of whisky smokiest and peatiest in the world. The fame of the island of Islay dates back to several decades ago, when the few distilleries on the island began to create a name and credibility throughout the world, precisely due to the intensity of the proposal: today the distilleries of the island of Islay are still on the crest of the wave and keeping what they promise. Douglas Laing is an independent bottler, also linked to marketing the best whisky of its own warehouses from various distilleries: several years ago the property thought it best to create its own line of Vatted products, combining various barrels from different distilleries to achieve a single objective, namely to explain in detail the peculiarities of the island of Islay .
This is how Big Peat 12 Year Old Islay Vatted Malt was born Scotch Whisky: a refinement of minimum twelve years of age for this harmonious union of different whisky coming from the distilleries of Ardbeg, Bowmore, Caol Ila and the legendary Port Ellen, the latter closed in 1982 and reopened only a few years ago. Big Peat 12 Year Old Islay Vatted Malt Scotch Whisky brings the intensity of the best into the glass whisky of Islay with the added maturity of significant refinement.
Distillates | |
Finishing | In ex bourbon oak barrel |
Cartoned | Si |
Features | Big Peat 12 Year Old Islay Vatted Malt Scotch Whisky it's a whisky created by combining barrels from various distilleries on the island of Islay |
Color | Golden yellow |
Age | 12 YO |
Format | 700ml |
gradation | 46% vol |
Taste | Rich and intense with spicy, iodine and above all peaty notes, hints of caramel, salted butter and candied citrus fruits |
Production place | Islay |
Style | Blended Malt Scotch Whisky |
Peating | High |
Whisky | |
Independent bottler | Douglas Laing & Co. |