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Laphroaig 40 Year Old Reviews
- Distillery
- Laphroaig
- Style
- Single Malt
- Release
- Unspecified
- Age
- 40 Years
- Alcohol
- 42.4% abv.
- Region
- Scotland: Islay
- Bottled For
- Distillery
Produced using distilling methods first established in 1815, Laphroaig® 40 Year Old was laid down by we believe the only lady distillers and distillery owners, Bessie Williamson. Known and respected for her vision and love of Laphroaig, Bessie used European oak to mature this particular vintage rather than the American oak Bourbon casks which are more commonly used today.
Laphroaig 40 Year Old
Review by Oliver
- Color
- lemon syrup a little hazy
- Nose
- sweet lemon syrup; sweet smoke --not "bbq like ardbeg, more elusive, more pleasant; lemons come on more strongly as thing progress; slight pepperiness; perhaps light pepper; lemon flavoured sweets; alcohol
- Body
- Thick but not oily (that would be the c/s), spicy
- Palate
- sweet then increasing spiciness, it gets more and more intense
- Finish
- It tingles, wet cloth marinated in smoke and sugar --faint citrus notes. Feeling of warmth reverbarates almost magically. Intense, smooth and lengthy. The higher proof was a good move.
This is unexpected. Is laphroaig quarter cask another brick in the wall which separates SMS from its previous standard, age? Perhaps, but it still tastes delightfull. And the finish never ends. Almost half as good as the Cask Strength. Better than any of the offerings from the hyppest islay distillery...