Laphroaig 1996 RS Cask Strength
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Laphroaig |
| Bottler | Riegger's Selection (RS) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1996 |
| Bottled Year | 2010 |
| Age | 19년 |
| Cask Type | Bourbon |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 53.5% |
| Volume | 500 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 버번 캐스크에서 19년 숙성된 라프로익의 강렬한 피트와 요오드, 의료용 소독약 뉘앙스가 가장 먼저 두드러진다. 아일라 남부 몰트다운 짭조름한 바다 내음이 명확하게 받친다. 팰럿은 53.5도 캐스크 스트렝스답게 그을린 훈연과 바닐라, 레몬의 산미가 발전하며 균형이 단단하다. 피니시는 재와 후추, 오크의 드라이함이 길게 이어지며 1996 빈티지의 구조감이 깊게 머문다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
dark amber
air Nose
the cask has been very active but Laphroaig’s big spirit, so they do tango here. Earth, lapsang souchong, caraway, pickled capers, acidic coffee, black olives, sauerkraut, dried kelp on a beach (on Islay, of course), a touch of acetone… Wasn’t it a sherry hogshead? With water: it’s a pipe burning and a huge bag of old walnuts. No sherry, really?
restaurant Palate
rather huge, but well balanced. Heavy whisky, full of tobacco, tapenade, tar, liquorice, bitter oranges, walnut wine, and above all, really a lot of ashes. Crunching coal! With water: perfect bitter herbs chiming in, more walnuts, soy sauce, more lapsang souchong, and just a wee bit of yuzu to kind of lift it. Hugely ashy
timer Finish
extremely long (we used to write ‘as a Fidel speech’ when he was still alive), extremely ashy. That feeling of having eaten the ashtray