Laphroaig 1996 DL XOP
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Laphroaig |
| Bottler | Douglas Laing (DL) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1996 |
| Bottled Year | 2017 |
| Age | 21년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 53.4% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
all is tranquil and quiet here, there’s a little custard, soft fresh marzipan, apple peelings, argan oil, olives… the calm before the storm? With water: this is plain seawater. Brilliant
restaurant Palate
incredible (and as one friend would say, in ‘incredible’ there’s ‘edible’), salty, lemony, extremely zesty, angular, and yet not brutal… This is pure Laphroaig, an incomparable ode to this great distillery that’s making such a superb distillate – a distillate that should always either remain pure and untouched, or very carefully hybridised (see the Exclusive Malt, see the Lp8). As they used to say in marketing brochures, no half measures! (not sure that was Laphroaig though)… With water: seawater again. Oyster juice. Perhaps a touch of vanilla that makes it a tad rounder, and simpler
timer Finish
this is where it loses points, it got a tad too simple. Salted marzipan
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