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Review of the
Douglas Laing Yula 21 Year Old, the
second limited edition release in a 3 part Island
blended malt trilogy.
 The
Yula 21 year old Island region blended
malt whisky is the second release in the
Yula trilogy created by the innovative
folks at Glasgow based Douglas Laing.
Douglas Laing have proved to us a few
times in the past that they have a knack
for putting together some very good
blended malts and they proved it again
this time last year when they released
the first bottling in this Yula trilogy
which has now sold out in most
marketplaces.
The Yula Island region blended malt
trilogy charts the spirit’s journey
within the cask, where the magic of
maturation transpires and the various
elements are finally united in their own
marriage. Following last years 20 year
old release, we now have the chance to
see how Yula has developed one year on
with Yula II 21 year old.
The
whisky takes its name from the eponymous
ancient Islay legend of a beautiful but
tragic Norse goddess, Yula, which is
perhaps a big clue to where most of the
contributing whiskies in the blended
malt may originate from. Douglas Laing
say that it is comprised of several of
Scotland’s most sought after, peated
malts.
Yula II is bottled at natural cask
strength of 52.3%, which is not much
less than the first release of 52.6% so
it doesn't appear that the angels have
taken much over the past 12 months and
as we expect from Douglas Laing it is
bottled without colouring nor
chill-filtration.
Yula
21 year old is a limited release of just
900 bottles worldwide and will be available from specialist Whisky retailers such as
Master of Malt while stocks
last.
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