Laphroaig 1988 SV The Un-Chillfiltered Collection

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Laphroaig
Bottler	Signatory Vintage (SV)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1988
Bottled Year	2003
Age	14년
Cask Type	Oak Cask
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	46.0%
Volume	750 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

Flavor Profile

Smoky

Peaty

Maritime

Oaky

Sweet

Creamy

Vanilla

Fruity

Spicy

Dried Fruit

Honey

Citrus

Herbal

Floral

Nutty

Chocolate

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)

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