Laphroaig 1996 16 Year Old Cask #8514 Signatory Cask Strength Collection

Laphroaig Triple Wood

The Triple Wood is a very decent dram courtesy of three maturations. First in ex-American Bourbon, then in a 19th Century style Quarter Cask before finishing up in an Oloroso Sherry cask. The nose is a heady cloud of peaty chocolate syrup, minty nuts and the all too familiar sausage on grill. But what really sent me back years was the...

Score 88/100

Laphroaig 11 Year Old Duthies (WM Cadenhead)

So you think you know everything about Laphroaig, eh? I thought I knew a fair bit, but this one sent me back to school. To start with I detected balsamic vinegar in the aroma and wondered if something was amiss, but it was the flavoury bits rather than ill-effects, and I soon picked up sherbet, and a sort of chalky or plasticeney scent as well....

Score 84/100

Laphroaig 10 Year Old

Spectacular, like nothing else I've ever tasted. This whisky somehow transports me geographically to another time and place, and the discriptors that come to mind are very geographic. Aromas of seaweed, wet grass and smoke, then a sweet palate of soil, earth and wood, followed by that huge peat smoke I love so much. Hints of sea salt come out as...

Score 90/100

Laphroaig Quarter Cask

Being my first whisky review, it's taken a lot of guts to drag myself out of the "casual" ditch to finally submit my notes on a dram. I am relatively new to the world of single malts (only about five months of novice nosing and tasting under my belt), and yet voicing my opinion about this astounding whisky was a hard call to ignore. The...

Score 94/100