- Nose
- Instantly recognizable Laphroaig, clean and elegant. Orange, lime, honeydew, tangerine, sea spray, almond, vanilla bean, minerally, coastal, boggy, earthy, grassy notes, tongue depressors, chest rub, mellowed phenols. Sweet smoke over seaweed and iodine, honey, mild peatiness, vanilla with a touch of burnt rubber and some fruit. Smoke, medicinal, honey, wintergreen, apple.
- Palate
- Big and oily. Blood orange with anise or fennel, starfruit, candied orange peel, gooseberry. Bourbon influence, salt licorice, oomphy Laphroaig smoke, sour fruit tang. Rich in peat with a touch of iodine, subtle floral whisper, fresh citrus, honeyed barley. Briny, smokey, fruity, vanilla-laced French pastries, graham, smoke, copper, spice, grilled meat, barley water. Honey, smoke with a hint of brine, freshly ground pepper, fresh fruity notes, medicinal tarriness. Peat, bacon, butter, cinnamon, black pepper.
- Finish
- Long and full of tannins, oak, ju-jubes, wine gums, citrus. Coastal salinity and the last embers of a bonfire. Smoke, malt, vanilla saltwater taffy, minerality. Smoky vanilla custard, white pepper, dry light sourness. Smoke, bacon, peat.
