Laphroaig 10 Year Old is an iconic Islay single malt whisky, renowned for its heavily peated profile. Expect intense smoke, medicinal iodine, and a hint of seaweed. This whisky captures the bold spirit of Islay and is one of Scotland's most characterful drams. Islay's world-famous Laphroaig distillery is known for its medicinal malts, and its signature 10-year-old is no exception thanks to its full maturation in bourbon barrels, which serves to highlight that individual distillery character. This beauty has won a slew of industry awards over the decades and we love it.
Non-chill filtered for maximum flavour. A must-have for peat lovers!"
Our tasting notes feature a contribution from the longest-serving distillery manager in the brand's history, the wonderful John Campbell, who worked at Laphroaig from 1994 until 2021.
This opens on big, smoky muscular peat notes. There are spices, and liquorice, as well as a big dose of salt. This whisky has become slightly sweeter in recent years, and it appears beautifully on the nose, amidst the classic iodine/sticking plasters and cool wood smoke we love.
Seaweed-led, with a hint of vanilla ice cream and more than a whiff of notes from the first aid box (TCP, plasters etc). The oak is big, and muscles its way into the fore as you hold this whisky over your tongue. An upsurge of spices develop – cardamom/black pepper/chilli.
Big and drying, as the savoury, tarry notes build up with an iodine complexity.
The only malt from Laphroaig’s range that John Campbell recommends with water; try it, it opens up the palate massively, providing a dazzling array of additional flavours…
TCP but classy TCP!
Unique bold complex yet an easy and comforting sipper. Love it now or come back later on ;) This on is so special Peat,ocean, Seaweeds,fist aid bandage,iodine Never boring. This and Ardbeg 10 are my favorite malt duo A+.
It has got to be the worst tasting scotch in the world. Talk about notes of medicine. This thing is more like diesel fuel than anything. I would totally recommend it to a friend, just to see their reaction. -10 stars
I’ve had this a few times but this is the first bottle I bought. On the nose was smoke and iodine. The palate proved peaty goodness, oak cask, brine, and grilled beef. After adding a few drops of water I got caramel, and cream. Iodine was still strong. The finish was just peeeeeeeeeeat! Very Islay!
Put yourself on the rugged coast of Islay, roasting old bagpipe bladders over a fire of Loch Fyne kipper boxes. There's no soft shoeing it. This is one of the best of Scottish single malt whiskies... if you can take it. It's not for the faint of heart. It grabs you by the throat in the nicest possible way, looks you in the eye and says, "Cairdeas". Once you have sipped a dram you'll never forget it.
