Laphroaig 1990 Kb Celtic Series

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Laphroaig
Bottler	Kingsbury (Kb)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1990
Bottled Year	2008
Age	18년
Cask Type	-
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	53.9%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

Flavor Profile

Smoky

Peaty

Oaky

Sweet

Maritime

Fruity

Creamy

Vanilla

Honey

Spicy

Herbal

Floral

Nutty

Citrus

Chocolate

Dried Fruit

Tasting Notes

Colour

pale gold

air Nose

smoother than the HB, much more vanilled (first fill bourbon casks?) but also fruitier and rounder, with some pleasant coastal notes (sea air, iodine.) It’s also rather more medicinal than the HB, with hints of tincture of iodine, bandages and a little camphor. Oh, and whiffs of gentian. It’s still a gentle and rather shy Laphroaig so far, that is, let’s hope the palate will be bigger. (Note: opens up just a bit after… one hour! On more citrons and kumquats.)

restaurant Palate

it IS bigger, starting on all things earthy (gentian spirit and liquorice wood – my taste), with quite a saltiness but less than in the HB. Lemon sprinkled oysters, peat, maybe a hint of coriander and even sorrel, and then a rather big oakiness – not plankish of course – that, once again, hints at some kind of new oak treatment, ‘though it’s no vanilla bomb at all. Anyway, it’s good! Faint nuttiness

timer Finish

long, even more on liquorice wood. Lemon

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