Laphroaig 10-year-old, Islay, Single Malt Scotch Whisky (40%)

Laphroaig 10-year-old, Islay, Single Malt Scotch Whisky (40%)

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Laphroaig 10-year-old, Islay, Single Malt Scotch Whisky (40%)

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Many would testify to Laphroaig's reputation as the most distinctive Islay malt, due to its unashamedly peaty, medicinal and oily style. The distillery is washed by the salt laden sea winds and seaweed is often hurled at the warehouse walls where the casks are breathing.

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Laphroaig was my father's favorite. He loved its bold peatiness with a dash of spring water. I have discovered that it is also a wonderful match for chocolate with a little sea salt. 
Sarah Jane Evans - BBC Good Food Magazine, December 2012.  Nose
Phenolic, seaweedy, with a hint of estery, melony, sweetness.
Palate
Seaweedy, salty, oily.
Finish
Round, dry, iodine-like.
Comment
The most medicinal of Islay malts. I love it.

Michael Jackson - Whisky Magazine Issue 6 Nose
A thick coating of peat isn't enough to cover a soft, oaky background. Iodine appears alongside a pear-fruity sweetness. Delicate for a whisky so big.
Palate
Continuous gentle waves of dry peat lap upon the tastebuds but are balanced by a sweet malt middle and the most hesitant of vanillas.
Finish
Long and peaty, the shy vanilla now begins to show as the oak adds a certain dryness.
Comment
A gentle giant.

Jim Murray - Whisky Magazine Issue 6 Read more

About this SPIRIT

Laphroaig Distillery, Islay

Laphroaig Distillery, Islay

Laphroaig (Gaelic for the beautiful hollow by the broad bay) boasts, as its name demands, an idyllic setting for a Distillery, with its own sea loch and peninsula in the south-east of Islay. The distillery was established in 1815 by the brothers Donald and Alec Johnston. Alas one of the founding brothers died in 1847 by drowning in a vat of fermenting wash, and it passed through the family, with much in-fighting along the way.

Laphroaig's peat bogs on the Glenmachrie Peat Moss and its water source, the Kilbride Dam, combines in the distilling process to produce a characteristically peaty and full-coloured whisky. Its unique taste saw it prosper in America during Prohibition (1920-1933) where its import was permitted as a 'medicinal spirit'. Many of the original buildings remain, including the traditional malting floors where the malt is regularly turned by hand to maintain an even temperature throughout the 7-day germination period. Without question one of Scotland's most renowned distilleries.

About 10% of the production is marketed as single malt, the remaining part being incorporated in blend, amongst others Black Bottle and Islay Mist.

After the French group Pernod Ricard took control the previous owners of the distillery, Allied Domecq, in 2005, the Laphroaig distillery was ceased to the American Fortune Brand, owner of amongst others Jack Daniels.

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