With Lochlea, the Scottish distillery landscape has recently grown to include an independent, family-run farm distillery. It is not only the former Laphroaig Distillery Manager and current Lochlea Production Director and Master Blender, John Campbell, who is responsible for the distinctive style of their single malt. As one of only four distilleries in Scotland, Lochlea uses only barley from its own cultivation and distils and matures its whisky on site. From the field to the bottle, Lochlea single malt is traceable – in keeping with the distillery’s motto, “Dare to be honest”.
Lochlea Ploughing Edition “First Crop” – 46%
59,90 € inkl. MwSt.
respectively 85,57 € per l
incl. VAT zzgl. Versandkosten
Lieferzeit: 1-3 Werktage innerhalb Deutschlands
With the “Seasonal Releases”, Lochlea reflects what happens on the farm with the changing of the seasons. The Ploughing Edition is the first peaty Lochlea bottling – and the first smoky whisky for John Campbell after Laphroaig.
The single malt was matured in a combination of ex-islay casks and peaty quarter casks. The result: a perfect dram for the cold season with flavours of sweets, baked fruits, nuts and lingering Islay peat.
The inspiration for the latest bottling in the annual series was the long winters on the farm where Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns lived from 1777 to 1784. It is the season for ploughing the fields that Burns once farmed in preparation for spring sowing.
With its ice-blue label, Lochlea also reflects the frosty winters on the west coast of Ayrshire.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Baked fruit with light peat smoke in the background.
Palate: Sweets, cooked apple and Brazil nuts.
Finish: Lingering fruit and nuttiness, infused with a hint of Islay peat smoke.
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