This bottling of a Laphroaig without age statement was produced especially for the travel retail market. The whisky matures first in ex-bourbon casks, then in especially small casks (quarter casks) and receives a finish in ex-pedro Ximenez sherry casks.
Nase: Dezenter Torfrauch, wirkt medizinisch mit Aromen von Jod und Desinfektionsmitteln, auch etwas erdig und salzig. Dahinter kommt eine leichte Ledernote. Kurz darauf kommen die Früchte hinzu, Erdbeeren, Pfirsiche und ein Hauch Orangen, süß und reif. Mit der Frucht wandelt sich der Rauch in Richtung Lagerfeuer, Speck und Grilfleisch. Alles in allem dennoch nicht sehr aufdringlich.
Gaumen: Geräucherter Fisch, Grilfleisch, Räucherofen und Pfeffer. Viel Schinken und Speck in Salz, dazu eine milde Fruchtnote, darunter Himbeeren. Dahinter dann Toffee und zarte Vanille.
Abgang: Sehr lang, der Rauch wird wieder medizinischer. Ansonsten kommt im Abgang auch eine stärkere Würze zum Vorschein, zu welcher sich auch ein paar Küchenkräuter mischen.
The Laphroaig Scotch Islay Single Malt Distillery is now owned by the Japanese-American Beam Suntory Group. Situated on a small, pristine sea inlet on the Scottish Hebridean island of Islay, Laphroaig is the most southerly distillery on the Islay island. Laphroaig was founded in 1815 by the brothers Alex and Donald Johnston at the current location. The Laphroaig Whisky Distillery has been the official purveyor of single malt whisky to the Prince of Wales since 1994. It is not only the salt water, the salty sea air and the peaty water from Kilbride Dam that are responsible for the extraordinary aroma, but rather the attention that is paid to the Scotch at Laphroaig.
Islay is the most famous of the Scotch whisky islands. It is often referred to as the queen among them. The majority of Islay's single malts have a wonderfully peaty, smoky, strong flavour - flavours for which Islay whisky is so loved.
Scotland and Scotch whisky is a global trend, a development that has led to a flourishing whisky scene in Scotland. There is hardly a week that goes by in which there is no news about another new distillery being built or the reopening of a distillery that has been closed for a long time.
Scotland, together with Ireland, is today considered the motherland of whisky, whose roots there go back to around 1500 AD.
This bottling of a Laphroaig without age statement was produced especially for the travel retail market. The whisky matures first in ex-bourbon casks, then in especially small casks (quarter casks) and receives a finish in ex-pedro Ximenez sherry casks.
The Laphroaig Scotch Islay Single Malt Distillery is now owned by the Japanese-American Beam Suntory Group. Situated on a small, pristine sea inlet on the Scottish Hebridean island of Islay, Laphroaig is the most southerly distillery on the Islay island. Laphroaig was founded in 1815 by the brothers Alex and Donald Johnston at the current location. The Laphroaig Whisky Distillery has been the official purveyor of single malt whisky to the Prince of Wales since 1994. It is not only the salt water, the salty sea air and the peaty water from Kilbride Dam that are responsible for the extraordinary aroma, but rather the attention that is paid to the Scotch at Laphroaig.
Islay is the most famous of the Scotch whisky islands. It is often referred to as the queen among them. The majority of Islay's single malts have a wonderfully peaty, smoky, strong flavour - flavours for which Islay whisky is so loved.
Scotland and Scotch whisky is a global trend, a development that has led to a flourishing whisky scene in Scotland. There is hardly a week that goes by in which there is no news about another new distillery being built or the reopening of a distillery that has been closed for a long time.
Scotland, together with Ireland, is today considered the motherland of whisky, whose roots there go back to around 1500 AD.
