Laphroaig 1960 Vintage Reserve

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 19 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Sea air. Driftwood. Seaweed on the beach. Not as medicinal as I expect from Laproaig. Some sulphur. Palate Again, less iodine than usual. Flowery. Peppery. Finish Firm, long. More of the typical Laphroaig flavours emerge, especially when water is added. Comment There is something getting in the way. Woodiness?

Dave Broom Nose Complex, intense yet graceful. Apples, tar, a beach slathered in seaweed. A tiny drop of water brings out rose hip, anise, lanolin and an intense high balsamic note. Palate Very dry to start, it hits the palate with charred embers from a beach bonfire, then mellows into an apple-laden mid-palate... Finish ...and smokes its way to the finish. Comment Complex, graceful and fascinating.