Signatory Straight from the Cask Laphroaig 11 Years Old, Port Finish

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 39 by Gavin Smith and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Gavin Smith Nose Red wine, stewed fruit, delicate wood smoke. Palate Initially very dry and intense, but soon becomes remarkably sweet, even reminiscent of a hot toddy for a few seconds. Finish More of the dryness returns, but still sweet-cherry-flavoured cough lozenges-dominates. Comment Intriguing, but a little too much imposed sweetness for my taste.

Dave Broom Nose The colour of onion skin. Fragrant perfumed smoke. Quite light. Cigar smoke mixing with sea shell, sloe, strawberry, travel sweets, a floral note. Palate Bone dry (oak and soot). A touch of seaweed. A fizzy fruitiness in the middle. Finish Great: sweet red fruits balance dry smoke. Comment Good, but seems to come in different sections rather than a complete package.