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…
That smoky, tarry finish is amazing. Probably not for everyone, but the finish only made me give this an extra star than I would have. It almost tastes like delicious trash. Must try. You might love it!
A little disappointing. It's a nice whisky but a little tame compared to the Ardbeg 10. Other reviewers seem to think it's better so I guess it's all down to individual taste. The Ardbeg tasted like TCP filtered through last night's bonfire. This just tastes like a really good whisky.
I recently over the last three years have beeen getting into Scotch. I've tried Glenmorangie, Glengranth, and Chivas 12, although these are good, i wanted to find a very good in single malt scotch that was not going to be over $40, it took two times to try it. I almost didn't want it anymore, but i appreciated the deep flavors, added just a little bit of water. It does open up more flavors with a dab of water, I'm no scotch expert but Laphroaig grew on me after the second time and I will buy it again, Cheers!
I was given a bottle for Christmas. Let's just say that this Scotch is further proof you can get used to anything. When i drink Scotch i want it to be a pleasure, a memorable experience that i would like to repeat. With this Scotch that is not possible it speaks to second sentence. If you want to test your ability to adapt to something that tastes horrible try this Scotch
Stunning
