Yula 21 Year Old - Chapter 2

Douglas Laing, World Whiskies Awards’ Brand Innovators of the Year 2016, today announces the launch of Yula 21 Years Old, the second of a three-part series of Island Malt Scotch Whisky, inspired by the eponymous ancient Islay legend of a beautiful but tragic Norse goddess.

Douglas Laing’s Yula is comprised of several of the Islands’ most sought after, peated Malts, this time aged 21 Years Old. The Yula series charts the spirit’s journey and celebrates the Laing family’s own proud origins on Islay.

Just 900 bottles of Yula’s Second chapter are available globally.

Ancient Islay legend tells of a beautiful Norse goddess Yula, who went in search of her long lost love with an apron full of pebbles. The stones fell out as she travelled, forming a string of islands and leaving behind a trail of her thankless pursuit. Tragic Yula never did find her love, but perished in the tempestuous seas surrounding Islay, the last jewel-shaped stone to fall from her apron. It’s here on Islay, which in old Norse means “Yula’s Isle”, that Douglas Laing’s heroine is buried, her final resting place marked by two standing stones which can still be seen to this day.

On the nose, catch an ozone clean style and sea spray with a later drift of gentle peat. The palate carries a real sweet, butterscotch’d quality ahead of a gristy, charred wood, BBQ, ash and softly-sooted character. Those tones are all as apparent on the finish, plus burnt, sweet toast, herbal cough-drops and the gentlest of phenols.  

From the wizards at Douglas Laing.