Laphroaig 10 Year Old Bottled 1980s 1 litre

Laphroaig 21 Year Old 1990 Wilson & Morgan

I finish my line-up of Laffies with this 21 Year Old distillate from 1990 by Italian bottler Wilson & Morgan. The peat is mild on the nose. It is sweet on winegums. Some vanilla and lemon. The maritime elements are all the way in the background. Pleasant enough, but rather docile. It is very creamy and mouth coating. Good body. The vanilla...

Score 84/100

Laphroaig 18 Year Old

Just wonderful!! Never would I think mellow would apply to Laphroaig, but it does to this expression. The nose is honey, mossy and peaty, with some light (as yet unidentifiable) undertones. The palate is smooth and creamy, to me similar to Highland Park. Noticed lots of caramel, chocolate and sweetness. Very sweet, in fact, for a Laphroaig. Not...

Score 95/100

Laphroaig Quarter Cask

On the nose, there was a significant smokiness as well as the classic band-aid aroma. In spite of this powerful nose, the drink did not evoke as much of the briney seaside sense of place as one might expect. The dram was quite viscous; it coated the tongue and had the oily mouthfeel one associates with much older whiskies. In spite of the higher...

Score 85/100

Laphroaig 10 Year Old

NOSE: lovely vanilla peat, a whole lot of iodine, a touch of menthol, burned wood smoke. TASTE: smooth peat and smoke with sherry sweetness on the background that eventually dries out... FINISH (here comes the best part): after the sherry notes dry out, warming sweet peat comes back for a second and then disappears completely, leaving you with...

Score 90/100