Laphroaig 12-year-old for the nordics
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Laphroaig |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2002 |
| Bottled Year | 2014 |
| Age | 12년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Butts & 1st Fill Hogsheads |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 48.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
코를 가져가면 아메리칸 오크의 바닐라와 바나나가 라프로익 특유의 곧은 원액과 맞물리며 먼저 두드러진다. 약재 같은 뉘앙스와 기침 시럽, 레몬 커드, 해안의 짭조름함이 뒤이어 번진다. 팰럿에서는 오크의 단맛이 다소 도드라지고 새콤한 과실이 명확하게 드러나며 48도의 힘이 팽팽하다. 피니시는 오크와 생강, 쌉쌀한 단맛으로 길게 발전한다. 셰리 벗과 퍼스트필 호그스헤드가 섞인 12년 라프로익답게 훈연과 오크의 구조감이 또렷하다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
the 10 was tighter, this one's got more vanilla and bananas from some well-prepared American oak. That roundness first clashes a wee bit with the otherwise rather straight distillate, but all is well in the end, with some lovely medicinal tones, cough syrup, also lemon curd, some marzipan and perhaps a handful of winkles in the background, which adds to the coastalness indeed. Yep, works with cockles and clams too
restaurant Palate
a little too sweet for me now, as if they had further cranked-up the oaky sweetness. The oak really feels, frankly. Some sour fruits. I find it hard and the little 10 really kills it now
timer Finish
long, too oaky, gingery, bittersweet, with a feeling of white sugar on top of that. I find it pretty dissonant