Laphroaig whisky - edencroft fine wines

Scotch Single Malt Whisky - Laphroaig

"There are 3 main ingredients for making Laphroaig - Barley, Water, and Yeast, but the secret ingredient is the People."

Laphroaig (La-froyg) is the story of a community. An uncompromising, tough and determined group of people who work to ensure that this defining whisky has always remained true to its origins.

Take it neat or with a splash of soft water. Roll it around on your tongue. Release the pungent, earthy aroma of the blue peat smoke, the sweet nuttiness of the barley and the delicate, heathery perfume of Islay's streams. Like the islanders it may seem a little aloof at first, but make the effort, broach acquaintance and we can guarantee you'll have a warm and genuine friend for life.

The award winning family of Laphroaig Whiskies ranges from the rich, pungent 10 Year Old to the smooth and exceptionally rare 40 Year Old. But whatever Laphroaig you choose, you can sense 200 years of loving care distilled into every bottle.

They have always considered Laphroaig the best single malt in the World. In 2005 they were proud to be voted 'the best of the best' in the Champions of Whisky Competition - so now it's official!

Laphroaig 10 year old
Bin No		Region	Islay	Size	70cl
ABV	43%	Bottled by	Distiller	Price	£25.95
Nose: less intense smoke. Taste: much silkier delivery than usual with sweetness all up front as the peat dovetails in and out of the barley – more complex. Finish: a drier finale with a shade more caramel. Balance: I discovered these 20cl 43% bottlings just after it was announced they were to be phased out. I also noticed that the whisky inside them had a slightly different character from the standard bottlings. *91 points - Jim Murray's 2009 Whisky Bible*

Laphroaig 10 year old Original Cask Strength
Bin No		Region	Islay	Size	70cl
ABV	55.7%	Bottled by	Distiller	Price	£38.50
Nose: a duller nose than usual: caramel reducing the normal iodine kick. Taste: recovers supremely for the early delivery with some stunning black peppers exploding all over the palate leaving a trail of peat smoke; the controlled sweetness to the barley is sublime. Finish: again there is a caramel edge to the finish, but this does not entirely prevent a fizzing finale. Balance: caramel apart, this is much truer to form than one or two or more recent bottlings, aided by the fresh, gristy sweetness and explosive spices. Wonderful! *92 points - Jim Murray's 2009 Whisky Bible*

Laphroaig Quarter Cask
Bin No	DOUL/053	Region	Islay	Size	70cl
ABV	48%	Bottled by	Distiller	Price	£26.95
Nose: burning embers of peat in a crofter’s fireplace; sweet intense malt and lovely, refreshing citrus as well. Taste: mouthwatering, mouth-filling and mouth-astounding: the prefect weight of the smoke has no proplems filling every crevice of the palate; builds towards a sensationally sweet maltiness at the middle. Finish: really long, and dries appropriately with smoke and spice. Classic Laphroaig. Balance: a great distillery back to its awesome, if a little sweet, self. Layer upon layer od sexed-up peatiness, this is the closest to how I remember it some 30 years ago! *95 points - Jim Murray's 2009 Whisky Bible*

Old Malt Cask 15 Year Old Laphroaig
Bin No	DOUL/053	Region	Islay	Size	70cl
ABV	50%	Bottled by	Douglas Laing	Price	£65.00
Nose: farmyard and sweet, not exactly the perfect nose. Taste: time to sit down: the intensity of the sweet sherry backed to the hilt by writhing peat makes this one hell of an experience. Finish: big sprinkling of spices still cannot dampen the enormous, mind-blowing sherry peat theme. Balance: if you went by the nose alone, you’d probably not go any further But do. Your reward will be a one off, an oral orgy, for all bottlings last year. brilliant… very few whiskies have been awarded a 90 after such a poor start on the nose. Hey but that’s whisky.

Laphroaig 25 Year Old Cask Strength
Bin No		Region	Islay	Size	70cl
ABV	50.9%	Bottled by	Distiller	Price	£225.00
Nose: the clean – almost prim and proper – fruit appears to have somehow given a lift to the iodine character and accentuated it to maximum effect. The result is something much younger than the label demands and not immediately recognisable as Islay, either. Burt no less dangerously enticing. Taste: the grapes ensure the peat is met by a salivating palate; particularly impressive is the way the sweet peat slowly finds its footing and spreads beautifully. Finish: no shortage of cocoa: a kind of peaty fruit and nut chocolate bar. Balance: like the 27 year old, an Islay which doesn’t suffer for sherry involvement. Very different from a standard, bourbon barrel-aged Laphroaig with much of the usually complexity reined in, though its development is first class. This one’s all about effect – and it works a treat! *94 points - Jim Murray's 2009 Whisky Bible*