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…
Frist islay malt i have bought and boy am i happy love the smoke and the taste just go,s on and on was a bit scared to buy reading some of the reviews but what i say go for it u wont be disappointed
What an enormous disappointment. Been wanting to try this for the longest time. I've had 20 dollar Scotch that taste better than this. Chemical smell that haunts you as u drink it. Almost like a burnt plastic. For 2/3 the price I'll buy a Glenlivet 12. So much better.
Bought this bottle on recommendation of a dear friend. The medicinal flavor of the 'froig 10, for me, is a ship stopper. I'm putting the bottle away in the box -will trot it out only upon request! Different strokes for different folks, but for me this is a disgusting dram. Yuck, Much prefer the Lagavulin 16 or Auchentoshan Triple Wood.
A classic peaty malt which set the standard for Island malts as opposed to Highland. It's main rival Talisker is perhaps not quite so strong tasting, but then Laphroaig has mellowed in tone over the years since I first enjoyed a glass of "TCP" as it was then described. It does take some getting used to if your grounding is in the sweet and sometimes bland Speyside malts. Maybe work up from the likes of Bowmore, peaty but not so astringent. Of course when I fist started drinking Laphroaig there were not many choices of malt whiskey so it was straight in at the deep end. Get used to it and some of the others are tastless by comparison. I read that the quarter cask varieties have restored some of the old intensity of many years ago so I will have to try some. If you love a malt with character then you should have a bottle in the cabinet but keep it away from any sweet martini friends as that would be a waste.
After giving the bottle a rigorous shake it seemed to get much smokier but still not as intense as I remember weird
