For the Laphroaig Oak Select, the Islay distillery has taken whisky from a number of different types of cask, including oloroso sherry butts, white American oak, Pedro Ximenez seasoned hoggies, quarter casks, and first-fill bourbon casks. Quite a selection, wouldn't you say? A laid-back addition to the Laphroaig core range of single malts.
Classic, medicinal peat notes up front, supported by citrus-y, chocolate-y sweet notes and soft barley.
The peat is there, but it's taking it easy and letting the bright notes of lemon, green apples and mint stand out. Darker baking spice notes develop further on.
Medium length, peat remaining in sight until it's over.
It doesn't pack a huge punch of peat, which might be just the ticket for introducing someone to the wonders of Islay's smoky expressions.
Less flavours than other Laphroaigs, yes that's about it. It doesn't taste bad at all though!
It has quite less flavours than the 10 years, everything is less but if you find this for the right price, give it a buy! (here on MoM and in Sweden it's to expensive to buy when you have Laphroaig 10 for almost the same price)
If you love Laphroaig, don't buy this. I just did, for my birthday. It tastes so bad I can't even drown my sorrows. Think I'm gonna have a ginger tea.
A very confused mix of sherry, peat and iodine. All doing a battle on the nose and palate, with cringe worthy results. Not sure what the aim was here at all. It's not very well integrated and there's not enough complexity to salvage it, even at this price point...
Good nose, other than that disappointing. Only bottled at 40%and probably chill filtered. It shows. As a big laphroaig fan I will skip this for the 10 or QC.
