THE ILEACH ISLAY SINGLE MALT

Single Malt
Islay Scotch Whisky
DESCRIPTION
The Ileach - Gaelic for 'The Man from Islay" - is a highly revered single malt whose distillery on Islay remains the secret of the brand owner, The Highland & Island Scotch Whisky Company and should be stocked in the drinks cabinet of any Islay whisky fan.

Scoring a massive 94/100 in the 2008 The Whisky Bible, the single malt ranks amongst the top whiskies in the world from over 3,800 tasted.

Also available as a cask strength version - which came runner in 2008 from over 3,800 whiskies tasted in The Whisky Bible.
NOTE: YOU WILL RECEIVE 30ML BOTTLES OF WHISKY WITH YOUR GIFT SET OR SUBSCRIPTION

OFFICIAL TASTING NOTES
Nose: A thick chunk of peat has been dissolved in my glass!

Palate: The oil–peat-barley balance is spot on as is the bitter sweet tone: just stunning.

Finish: The peat dissipates slowly to leave a slightly bitterish oaky influence but the spices compensate.

ABOUT THE DISTILLERY


The HIghlands & Islands Scotch Whisky Company, the brand owner of The Ileach' was founded in 1992 by Brian Crook, an honours graduate in Food Science with twenty years experience in the malt whisky industry, latterly as Export Director for one of Scotland's principal distillers. The aim was to produce a range of malt whiskies from Scotland's finest distilleries and to make them available to independent wine and spirit importers throughout the world.

One hundred years ago there were over one hundred and twenty malt whisky distilleries throughout Scotland, independently owned and producing malts of rare character from the Highlands, Islands and Lowlands. Today probably only seventy or eighty still produce malt whisky on a regular basis, and of these, only a handful are owned by family companies. The vast majority of malts available from Scotland today are produced by multi-national companies, so the opportunity for family companies worldwide to deal with small, independent scotch whisky distillers has virtually gone. It is to fill this gap that HIghlands & Islands Scotch Whisky Company was formed.

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