Laphroaig 10 Years Old, Cask Strength

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 50 by Martine Nouet and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Martine Nouet Nose Intense. Prickly. Enormous. Highly medicinal. Hospital emergency service. Scents enveloped by a light veil of smoke. Oak is soaked in camphor. Fruit rise up later. Palate Assertive and pungent. Smoke lingers on tastebuds. Medicinal flavours in the front stage. Finish Dry, spicy, with a touch of earthy peat. Nutty as well. Comment The” tough guy. Medicine man? Muscular, solidly built. Dominated by camphor.

Dave Broom Nose Robust. Scented candles, cough medicine, hospitals, peat bog, kipper, always a cereal note. Palate Immediate peat and cereal mixing (with water) a light fruity note with a peatiness which clings to the palate. Still tarry and deep. Finish Light pepper, oatcake and, finally, lingering smoke. Comment Overall, the combination of peat smoke and overt cereal notes makes this a very dry whisky.