Laphroaig 1997 SV Cask Strength Collection

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Laphroaig
Bottler	Signatory Vintage (SV)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1997
Bottled Year	2014
Age	17년
Cask Type	Hogshead
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	51.3%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

Flavor Profile

Smoky

Peaty

Maritime

Oaky

Vanilla

Creamy

Sweet

Honey

Fruity

Dried Fruit

Spicy

Herbal

Citrus

Nutty

Chocolate

Floral

Tasting Notes

Colour

gold

air Nose

it’s not that this baby’s immensely more complex than the wee OB, but it packs more punch, more fruits, and more Laphroaigness, although I wouldn’t say it’s a beastly one. Very fine notes of green olives, perhaps samphires, a little fresh butter, dandelions, citrons… In fact it’s rather delicate as well. Or is it me? With water: these tarry ropes, those floor clothes, and the hessian

restaurant Palate

yippie yee yah! Excuse me. This time we’re having Laphroaig in full form, perhaps not as majestic as it used to be until, say the mid-1990s, but very fruity and phenolic at the same time. It may have lost a part of its medicinal side, tough. Salted lemon and orange juice, two olives, and some smoked tea. Quite some custard, suggesting fresh American oak. With water: good zesty smokiness. Bitter apples (skins), grapefruits

timer Finish

quite long, saltier, more on iodine, green tea, and tannins. Blood oranges, which is cool. A little tinned pineapple in the aftertaste (that’s the oak IMHO)

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