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
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