COLOR: Full sparkling gold.
NOSE: Burning embers of peat in a crofter’s fireplace, hints of coconut and banana aromas.
BODY: Full bodied.
PALATE: Deep, complex, and smoky, yet offers and surprises the palate with a gentle sweetness.
FINISH: Really long, and dries appropriately with smoke and spice.
This expression offers an irresistible doubling of flavor due to the double maturation in two casks made of American oak.
Still-maturing whisky from our standard ex-bourbon barrels is transferred to quarter casks and left to rest in our warehouse just a stone’s throw from the Atlantic shore.
This process represents Laphroaig breathing new life into a once-defunct tradition: the use of the smaller cask size, which ensures increased contact with the oak, creating a soft and velvety edge to complement Laphroaig’s distinctive peatiness.
On the nose the sensation is toffee and caramel, caused by the vanillas and tannins of the American oak, plus a dryness from the wood oil.
The finish is long and alternates between this sweetness and smoke.
AWARDS
2013 SF World Spirits Competition – Silver Medal
2013 Beverage Tasting Institute (BTI) – Gold Medal
2013 International Spirits Challenge – Gold Medal
2013 International Wine & Spirit Competition – Silver Medal
2011 SF World Spirits Competition – Gold Medal
2010 International Wine & Spirit Competition – Gold Medal
2010 SF World Spirits Competition – Silver Medal
2009 SF World Spirits Competition – Silver Medal
2008 IWSC (Internation Wine & Spirits Competition) – Gold medal (Best in class)
2008 SF World Spirits Competition – Silver medal
2007 ISC (International Spirits Challenge) – Silver medal
2007 IWSC (Internation Wine & Spirits Competition) – Gold medal (Best in class)
2007 International Review of Spirits (BTI) – Gold medal
2007 SF World Spirits Competition – Silver medal
2006 Quality Drinks Awards Platinum Q Award
2006 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, double-gold award.
2005 Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible – 95 points out of 100
2005 MALT MANIACS AWARDS – DAILY DRAM AWARD “…its average score simply puts it so far ahead of any other candidate that we just had to give this award to the ‘Quarter’.”
2005 International Wine & Spirit Competition – Silver Medal and Best in Class (Single malt – Islay)
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