Laphroaig 1976 SR
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Laphroaig |
| Bottler | Scotia Royale (SR) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1976 |
| Bottled Year | - |
| Age | 35년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Sherry Cask |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 43.4% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
아일라 남부 라프로익의 짭조름한 바닷바람과 강한 피트 늪지가 1976년 빈티지의 정체성을 처음부터 끝까지 관통한다. 잔에는 짙은 호박빛이 또렷이 깃들어 있다. 향에서는 35년이 다듬은 절제된 피트 연기와 짠 미역, 리필 셰리의 어두운 단맛이 천천히 올라온다. 입에서는 부드러운 가죽과 마른 자두의 단맛이 묵직하게 입을 채우고 옅은 훈연이 잇따른다. 43.4도의 절제된 균형이 아일라 남부 풍토의 거센 바람을 길게 풀어놓는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
Gold (I know, this hasn't been the most imaginative session when it comes to colours)
air Nose
A whiff of sea air and then an cavalcade of tropical fruits. In fact this one could almost be a 1968 Bowmore of similar age. Just baskets of fresh and tinned fruits with just a lick of peat smoke running throughout. Goes on with greengages, ripe melons, wet pebbles, white pepper, bandages - the list could go on quite some time. Perhaps a little tea tree oil which nods to the wood, although it doesn't feel at all woody on the nose - quite the opposite in fact. The kind of fruity intensity that just doesn't exist in whisky any more
restaurant Palate
A little wood spice, but its precise and clean, a little sourdough yeasty note and some demarara sugar. But overall its like a fruit varnish has coated your tongue. Perhaps the strength feels a tad weakish but its not tired, just a bit misty eyed. Some pineapple, sap, lemon oil, dried herbs and even some notes of rancio as well. Starts to resemble some of these old G&M pre-war glories on the palate
timer Finish
alas, it's not the longest but the tropical aspects echo beautifully