Laphroaig 12-year-old SMWS 29.95 Mostly Harmless

CategorySINGLE MALT
DistilleryLaphroaig
BottlerThe Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS)
Bottling Series-
Vintage-
Bottled Year-
Age12년
Cask TypeRefill Bourbon Hogshead
Cask Number-
Bottles Released-
ABV57.4%
Volume700 ml
Label-
CountryScotland
RegionIslay
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Flavor Profile

Smoky
Peaty
Maritime
Oaky
Sweet
Spicy
Fruity
Herbal
Creamy
Honey
Vanilla
Dried Fruit
Floral
Nutty
Citrus
Chocolate

Tasting Notes

Colour

Amber

air Nose

It’s a gentle and very coastal and salty one. I remember a paler bottling that was far more classically tropical and fruity. This one is more nervous and resinously peaty with, wood ash, seashore, dried seaweed, minerals, smoked sea salt, iodine and various camphor, hessian and dunnage notes. Various medical tinctures, mercurochrome and TCP. Globally it’s very gentle and elegant though. Some burnt toffee, a few wet leaves and a little olive oil. Some tar liqueur and ripe orange zest with a few more delicate notes of coal smoke, fermenting hay and sheep fank. Delicacy is the name of the game here

restaurant Palate

The power goes up a notch here. An oily, uber dry and emphatic peatiness envelops the palate. A big farmyard fug also arrives. The seashore aspects are pushed to the background and the medicinal qualities come across as thick and drying. Black olives, rosemary, umami paste, a little blood orange as well

timer Finish

Some preserved lemons, medicine, soot, ash. Not the longest finish sadly

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