Laphroaig 18-year-old
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Laphroaig |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | 2013 |
| Age | 18년 |
| Cask Type | Ex-Bourbon Casks |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 48.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml 700 ml 700 ml 700 ml 700 ml 700 ml 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 흔들면 옅은 밀짚빛이 잔벽을 따라 흘러내린다. 코끝으로 가져가면 라프로익 특유의 소독약 같은 피트 연기가 먼저 열리고 사과 껍질과 레몬의 산뜻함이 뒤따른다. 한 모금 머금으면 48도의 질감이 혀를 감싸며 강렬한 소금기와 흙내 나는 피트, 절인 레몬의 신맛이 번진다. 삼킨 뒤에는 피트와 레몬, 흙의 풍미가 균형을 이루며 아일라다운 여운을 혀 뒤로 길게 끈다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
starts rather yeasty and acidic, on apple peels, lemon and sauvignon blanc, the peat kicking in a little later. Faint hints of antiseptic but not many more medicinal notes. A very simple and youngish Laphroaig actually and seriously, I doubt this is eighteen years old. I’ve got a stash of 3yo hidden somewhere and believe me or not, it smells more mature than this one
restaurant Palate
an immense saltiness and quite some ‘earthy peat’ (tell me about a pleonasm) plus notes of crystallised lemons and quite some liquorice wood. Still simple but waaay more compact and satisfying than on the nose in my opinion
timer Finish
long, balanced, almost perfect now, right between the peat, the lemon and the earthiness