Laphroaig Malt Scotch • 10yr Single Cask (6 / Case)
Nose: this opens on big smoky muscular peat notes. There are spices and liquorice as well as a big dose of salt. This whisky has become slightly sweeter in recent years and it beautifully on the nose amidst the classic iodine/sticking plasters and cool wood smoke we love. 58. 3% abv palate: seaweed-led with a hint of vanilla ice cream and more than a whiff of notes from the first aid box (tcp plasters etc). The oak is big and muscles its way into the fore as you hold this whisky over your tongue. An upsurge of spices develop – cardamom/black pepper/chilli. Finish: big and drying as the savoury tarry notes build up with an iodine complexity. Overall: the only malt from laphroaig’s range that john campbell recommends with water; try it it opens up the palate massively providing a dazzling array of additional flavours…
Nose: this opens on big smoky muscular peat notes. There are spices and liquorice as well as a big dose of salt. This whisky has become slightly sweeter in recent years and it beautifully on the nose amidst the classic iodine/sticking plasters and cool wood smoke we love. 58. 3% abv palate: seaweed-led with a hint of vanilla ice cream and more than a whiff of notes from the first aid box (tcp plasters etc). The oak is big and muscles its way into the fore as you hold this whisky over your tongue. An upsurge of spices develop – cardamom/black pepper/chilli. Finish: big and drying as the savoury tarry notes build up with an iodine complexity. Overall: the only malt from laphroaig’s range that john campbell recommends with water; try it it opens up the palate massively providing a dazzling array of additional flavours…