Laphroaig 2005 VM The Cooper's Choice
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Laphroaig |
| Bottler | The Vintage Malt Whisky Co Ltd. (VM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2005 |
| Bottled Year | 2015 |
| Age | 15년 |
| Cask Type | Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 52.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
white wine
air Nose
a gentle and wonderfully subtle and aromatic example. Lots of sandalwood, wet rope, hessian, beach foam, pebbles, chalk and more gentle medical notes such as bandages, gauze and ointments. Lightly herbal too with muddled green herbs. Still very much 'Laphroaig' but very elegantly so. I love this nose. With water: carbolic, smoked cereals, plaster board, wet linens, white flowers and dusty smoky malt bins with a light fug of kiln air
restaurant Palate
clean, salty and sharp. On seawater mixed with lemon juice, TCP, light iodine, pickling juices and hessian. Rather more simple than the nose was suggesting but the purity is lovely. With water: deeper, smokier and sootier. More classical plain peat smoke, seawater, smoked sea salt, some cooking oils. Very good
timer Finish
long, bone dry, ashy peat, sooty, herbal and with more ointments and a heavier medicinal side now