Laphroaig 1988 MM The DD Cup Bottling
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Laphroaig |
| Bottler | Murray McDavid (MM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1988 |
| Bottled Year | 2003 |
| Age | 14년 |
| Cask Type | Bourbon |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
surprisingly more discrete but getting then much more medicinal than both 1996’s. Notes of mercurochrome, bandages, eucalyptus… Plus, of course, the coastal smells. Also more fresh butter and then quite some apple compote and pepper as well as cider and lager beer. More balanced and ‘crafted’ than the IB’s, but less peated and ‘without compromise’ than earlier batches
restaurant Palate
truly richer and thicker than both 1996’s at the attack as well as more complex and even ‘subtle’. Bitter oranges, marmalade, pepper, salt (which we didn’t have in the others), liquorice, liquorice sticks, smoked tea… Peppered oysters… Probably not as grand as previous versions but still pretty brilliant. Excellent finish, long but a little mellower, with little candy sugar besides the peat and company plus that very funny saltiness. Still a very, very good dram and certainly a bang-for-your-bucks whisky, lacking perhaps just a little majesty (where are the green stripes?) to make it to more than 89 points in my books. Laphroaig 14 yo 1988/2002 (46%, Murray McDavid, bourbon cask, MM3863)