Laphroaig 1969 GM Connoisseurs Choice

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Laphroaig
Bottler	Gordon & MacPhail (GM)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1969
Bottled Year	-
Age	10년
Cask Type	-
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	40.0%
Volume	750 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

Flavor Profile

Smoky

Peaty

Maritime

Oaky

Sweet

Herbal

Vanilla

Honey

Fruity

Creamy

Spicy

Chocolate

Dried Fruit

Floral

Nutty

Citrus

Tasting Notes

Colour

Gold

air Nose

Ash, antiseptic, vanilla, soot, a seashore in the sunshine and a whole hospital full of medical tinctures. It's emblematic, modern Laphroaig and unmistakably so. This distillery comes in for a bit of a kicking for quite a few of its bottlings these days (sometimes rightly so in my view) but the fact this is still such an aromatically distinctive whisky is to be commended. Goes on with some graphite oil, tar, bonfire smoke and various kippery notes. Further wispy and simmering notes of iodine and TCP

restaurant Palate

A big, lumbering wave of drunken peat (you remember Drunken Peat right Serge?), feels straight away drier than some other batches of the 10 in recent times; a little more saline and vibrant coastal qualities. There is a rather rich sweetness to it overall but it doesn't feel 'driven' by the wood. A little sharper, some more lemon juice; the American oak is there but we're not quite at sawdust levels. The only trouble is the strength lets it down, 40% really starts to feel 'old fashioned' in the worst sense these days. More coastal notes of shellfish - whelks, langoustine - and a nice touch of slightly earthy phenolics

timer Finish

The warmth is brief, but the peat and the medicine kind of settle in for a long, ashy fade

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