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…
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Sweet & peat everyday drink.
Absolutely awful. First the nose, I immediately thought of TCP. Then the taste, definitely TCP AWFUL, DREADFUL TAST
You’ll love it or hate it. Very smoky, iodine, oak, spice, peat and tea with a long finish. Must be taken with water or ice is acceptable as it open up after a while. Very reminiscent of lapsang souchong tea so if you like that you’ll surely love this. One of the few scotches I’ll drink. I prefer Irish though this is an exceptional drop.
Awful
It is a nicely flavoured, smokey, briney, peaty Islay scotch. However is lacking the punch you get with Quarter Cask or Ardbeg 10. My guess is because it is only bottled at 40% vs QC which is 48% and Ardbeg 10 which is 46%. The lower ABV makes a huge difference imo and whilst this is still good, it is not as good as others from the Island.
