Big Peat Fèis Ìle 2017 Small Batch

Type
Blended Malt

Bottler
Douglas Laing

Component Distilleries
Ardbeg , Bowmore , Caol Ila , Port Ellen

Bottling Series
Small Batch

Vintage
Unknown

Stated Age
Unknown

Bottled
2001

Outturn
1,600

Cask Number
unknown

Strength
48.0% abv

Cask Type
Sherry Cask Finish

Cask Strength
no

Colouring
no

Single Cask
no

Core Range
no

Flavour Profile

Allspice

Ash

Black Pepper

Caramel

Cloves

Earth

Honey

Liquorice

Malt

Marshmallow

Oak

Peat

Sea Salt

Sherry

Smoke

Soot

Tobacco

Vanilla

Wood Spice

Tasting Notes

Nose

Starting off with a nice delicate whiff of sea air, smoke, match heads and salted caramel, the sherry clearly pushing through. Wet hay and earthy, wet copper/minerally, fresh spices, dark fruits and an abundance of raspberry. After sitting in the glass for 10 minutes, there’s some charred embers appearing, liquorice and cinnamon.

Palate

Lots of ashy notes, fresh rolling tobacco, dark chocolate, sweet red fruits, black pepper. The salted caramel from the nose appears again, coated in cream. Red apples, vanilla, allspice, oak and hints of sea salt.

Finish

Medium – long, more ash, soot and embers, toasted marshmallows, vanilla, honey and cream. There’s more oak appearing with touches of allspice, wood spices and cloves.

Overall

A great sherry influenced Big Peat, it’s up there being our favourite of the range. The sherry finish really adds a new dimension and has been pulled off very well. Almost certainly sold out at retailers but does appear at auctions regularly. Prices can vary – however if you can get this around £60-£70 then you won’t be disappointed.

Overall Score:

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