Laphroaig 2011 DT The Octave

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Laphroaig
Bottler	Duncan Taylor (DT)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	2011
Bottled Year	2022
Age	14년
Cask Type	ex sherrywood Octave
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	54.4%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

Flavor Profile

Smoky

Peaty

Oaky

Vanilla

Maritime

Spicy

Sweet

Honey

Citrus

Creamy

Dried Fruit

Fruity

Herbal

Nutty

Floral

Chocolate

Tasting Notes

Colour

amber

air Nose

more sherry, it seems. This is also earthier and more tertiary, so less ‘straight’, and of course it’s just as flabbergasting. I’ll mention Cuban cigars from an old box, I’ll mention an old bottle of mead, I’ll add some beeswax and the most precious honeys (perhaps manuka, but isn’t manuka overrated?), and I won’t forget the most good (not the same as the best) milk chocolate. And it would start to become terrifyingly complex, shooting tiny aromas at you one after the other, first twenty dozen candied and dried fruits, then many precious balms and oils from the middle-east, and then more herbs and saps than you could find at Wikipedia’s

restaurant Palate

first, it’s dry. And second, it’s herbal. And hugely tertiary, meaty, ‘foresty’, mushroomy… Let’s be quick, this is more or less some very old Chambertin matured in old pinewood. It’s even pretty bouillony (with salt), and there is some long-aged mead. Utterly brilliant old Laphroaig. Yes I’m trying to keep this as short as possible, I’m sure you understand

timer Finish

perhaps a tiny wee bit bitter, but that’s good, I was afraid would be flying too high, because we need to maintain our strength

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