Laphroaig 25 Year Old Cask Strength Bot.2017

(53 customer reviews)

$390.00

  • Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  • Distillery Bottling

70cl / 48.9%

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Laphroaig 25 Year Old Cask Strength Bot.2017

Laphroaig 25 Year Old Cask

  • Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  • Distillery Bottling

70cl / 48.9%

A marriage of spirit aged in bourbon casks with that aged in second-fill oloroso sherry casks. Bottled at cask strength after 25 years of maturation, this is a complex mix of sweet, creamy bourbon influences and rich, oaky sherry influences, all intertwined with Laphroaig’s signature flavours.

The last 25 CS I had tried was the 2009 edition (with a virginal white label), and my feelings had been mixed (WF 84). The strength is lower today – maybe not natural cask strength – but let’s see… Colour: pale gold. Nose: I find it calmer, more mineral, shier than the new 15. More dry white wine (that vinho verde that our Portuguese friends make), chalk, butter, dairy cream, rather coal smoke than peat, hessian, raw wool, wet clothes, fresh asparagus. Laphroaig 25 Year Old Cask Strength Bot.2017

 

It’s rather dry, vegetal, pretty austere… Mouth: ah! Big and sharp, extremely mineral and medicinal, we’re almost eating aspirin tablets and leaves while drinking coldish green tea from Yunnan. Then come the lemon, the grapefruits, the brine, the oysters, the walnuts, the bitter apples, that famous ‘salty tang’ (that you’ll find in any brochure from any distillery on Islay), the fresh almonds… I have to say I find this much, much, and I mean much better than the earlier batch. Even if I wouldn’t say it’s any better than the 15. Same territories anyway. Finish: long, leafy, lime-y, and very smoky. Rather less medicinal than expected, though. Comments: I just couldn’t tell you which one I liked best. Well one is cheaper than the other, but who counts? Money’s so cheap a concept

53 reviews for Laphroaig 25 Year Old Cask Strength Bot.2017

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