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Signatory Laphroaig 1988 Unchillfiltered

Brand Signatory
Expression Laphroaig 1988 Unchillfiltered
Type Scotch Whisky / Single Malt
Vintage 1988
Abv 46.00%
Produced at Signatory Vintage Scotch Whisky Co. Ltd.
Region Islay
Availability UK and Japan. Limited in Europe.
Guide Price £26-£40 (US$41-US$65)
Website http://www.edradour.co.uk

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 32 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson

Nose
Peppery. Seaweed. The sea. Some iron-like notes.
Palate
Very oily. Sweet, but also salty. Long flavour development. Seems a mature, restrained, rounded, expression of Laphroaig; and then…
Finish
Sudden explosion of salt and pepper.
Comment
I enjoyed this very much, but it does not add a great deal to the canon.

Dave Broom

Nose
Immediate: smoked haddock, creosote/tar, hessian, peat smoke with lovely sweet fruitiness behind. In time, leather. Great.
Palate
Smouldering peat fires, heather, violet. Dry oak balanced by lovely toffee sweetness in the middle of the palate. Complex.
Finish
Long, peaty, tarry.
Comment
A huge, rich and strangely elegant Laphroaig. Miles better than the official 15 Years Old.

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