Laphroaig 1988 Vnmp Distillery No. 1
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Laphroaig |
| Bottler | Vinmonopolet ApS (Vnmp) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1988 |
| Bottled Year | 1999 |
| Age | 11년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 62.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 라프로익 특유의 진한 페놀과 요오드, 짭조름한 바닷바람 노트가 가장 먼저 두드러진다. 1988 빈티지를 11년 숙성한 노르웨이 빈모노폴렛 디스틸러리 No.1 보틀답게 캐스크 스트렝스 62도가 단단한 구조감을 받친다. 발달하면서 시트러스 껍질과 검은 후추가 한 층 더해진다. 팰럿은 헤비 피트, 약한 가죽, 짠 미네랄이 균형 있게 발전한다. 입에 머금으면 두꺼운 질감으로 흐른다. 피니시는 진한 훈연과 미네랄, 흰 후추가 길게 이어진다. 빈티지 라프로익의 야성이 또렷하다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
full gold
air Nose
superbly pure and wild Laphroaig after a few days of opening (whilst it was kind of oddly caramelly and candied when the bottle was just opened). Okay, there still is a little vanilla fudge, maple syrup and cappuccino but the coastal notes really got the upper hand. Peat, pepper, oysters, kelp and all that jazz – but just like in the Sestante, no medicine (maybe just faint whiffs of mercurochrome). Also notes of old books. And quite some roasted nuts. Amazingly nosable at such high strength but let’s try it with a little water. So, with water (whilst we had weird lavender aromas when the bottle was newly opened) it gets even more maritime (which makes sense after all) and slightly medicinal indeed this time (bandages, mercurochrome). More a classic Laphroaig now but without any exuberant fruity notes
restaurant Palate
very punchy attack but relatively round and candied at the same time (apricot jam, candy sugar, baklavas, vanilla), with the distillery character really turning up after that. Peat, lemon, pepper, salt, crystallised oranges… With water: not much change except for more balance and a better compactness. Still very candied
timer Finish
long, peaty, peppery, with a little honey now (orange blossom honey)? A wonderful Laphroaig that didn’t stand water when it was just opened (which is a problem at 61.9%) but that got used to it after a few days. 91 points. SHOPPING - Well, sometimes I write 'this is a perfected hipflask malt' when commenting on a whisky that's pretty good but more something to sip in small quantities in the open... I'll have to change that, as a company named Orvis is selling this huge stainless steel hipflask that holds one US gallon (3.785 litres) for USD198.00. As they wrote on the website, 'A great gift or decorative home accent, it can also be used as intended to carry spirits'. For people with deep pockets only, or for owner of a bottle of Ardbeg Mór? (via liquor snob ) MUSIC – JAZZ - Recommended listening: yes, maybe the music is a bit too FM (or Kenny G. - you can't always sound just like Steeleye Dan) but Nnenna Frelon sure can sing, for instance on Louisiana sun.mp3 . Please buy her music... July 30, 2007 PETE McPEAT AND JACK WASHBACK in Saint-Tropez (thanks to shopdog) TASTING – OLD AND NEW BRUICHLADDICHS Bruichladdich 21 yo (45%, OB, Frattina Italy, 1980’s)