Laphroaig 1998 TWEx
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Laphroaig |
| Bottler | The Whisky Exchange (TWEx) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1998 |
| Bottled Year | 2019 |
| Age | 21년 |
| Cask Type | finished since 2010 in a oloroso sherry |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 54.4% |
| Volume | 50 ml 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
아일라 남부 거친 해안의 짭조름한 안개와 짙은 피트가 라프로익의 1998 빈티지 21년 캐릭터에 깊이 새겨졌다. 잔에는 깊은 호박빛이 잔잔히 잠겨 있다. 향은 올로로소 피니시가 빚어낸 말린 자두와 다크 초콜릿, 짭조름한 피트 연기가 또렷이 깃들어 있다. 입에서는 무화과 잼과 가죽, 약초 같은 피트가 두꺼운 질감으로 흐르며 54.4도가 단단한 골격을 만든다. 짠 미네랄과 시거의 잔향이 오래 이어진다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
amber
air Nose
fruits, game meats, leather, damp earthen wine cellars, leaf mulch and gentle wafts of hessian, natural tar and herbal teas. Unequivocally beautiful on the nose, nodding to the past in fact with these rather overt fruity qualities. Coal dust, lanolin, wee vegetal touches and things like bacon jam, black olives and very old Fernet Branca. With water: gets leaner, more salty and more nervous. All these quivering coastal touches, lemon peel, pebbles, sheep wool, aspirin, winter spices and more dense meaty aspects
restaurant Palate
terrifically tarry, jammy and densely textural on arrival. Bags of expensive dark chocolate, fruity black coffee, pure hessian cloth, dunnage, prunes, aged armagnac, salty old oloroso sherry and things like mutton soup and praline. All manner of complexities pinging and popping here and there. Goes to show, re-racking can do wonders if you leave it long enough. With water: more of everything but it becomes wider, easier, more open and a little deeper with more notes of bitter chocolate, a heavier earthiness, more meats, coffee, herbal bitters and smoked chilli
timer Finish
superbly long, meaty, chocolatey and showing this rather peppery peat flavour. Bitter mint in the aftertaste with miso and soy sauce