Laphroaig 10 year old cask strength, is another great example of this classic Islay whisky. This expression is batch #014 and was bottled in June 2021. As is implied by the name the cask strength version is bottled at a heady 58.6%. Cask strength whisky can overpower the palate, but by adding water you can open up the whisky and release some sweetness and the rich aromas of peat smoke. This expression is often described as the bottling that comes closest to the Laphroaig style of old, this is Laphroaig as it should be. A great Laphroaig worth experiencing.
70cl at 58.6% alc./vol.
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TASTING NOTES
APPEARANCE
Tawny
NOSE
Sweet cereals with biscuit notes, fresh oak, smoked cedar and Manuka honey. pipe tobacco, shoe polish and old leather combined with a touch of waxy church candle, vanilla cream, nutmeg and oak extracts.
TASTE
Sweet and spicy, with burnt oak staves, barbecued marshmallows, toffee and sea salt, vanilla and Belgian caramel waffles. Notes of roasted coffee fudge cream on sticky toffee pudding, with a hint of white pepper and crushed cinammon.
FINISH
Floral with spicy oak tannins, iodine and sea salt.
