Laphroaig 1960-2001 - 40 Year Old

INFORMATION

Laphroaig 1960 - 2001. 40 Year Old. One of 3300 bottles. 70cl. 42.4%.

A legendary Laphroaig, this 40-year-old was released in 2001 in two versions - one edition of 300 bottles for Oddbins as Laphroaig 1960 Vintage Reserve, and the remaining 3300 bottles labelled simply as Laphroaig 40-year-old. Both editions were exactly the same whisky, released at its natural cask strength of 42.4% and still the oldest and most elegant Laphroaig ever bottled.

DISTILLERY:Laphroaig

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:42.4%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

Bottle PRODUCED:3300

BOTTLER:Distillery Bottling

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Islay

DISTILLED YEAR:1960

BOTTLING DATE::2001

AGE:40

An iconic southern Islay distillery, Laphroaig is the benchmark for heavily-peated smoky single malt whisky. The distillery has been Islay’s most successful single malt for many decades now, so much so that in 1908, following a commercial dispute, White Horse’s Peter Mackie famously tried to create a copy of Laphroaig at Lagavulin, leading to the birth of Malt Mill.

Today, the most revered and sought-after Laphroaigs at auction fall broadly into two camps: the old official bottlings of Laphroaig 10-year-old from the late 1960s-1980s; and the extraordinary independent bottlings of 1960s and early 1970s vintages by Gordon & MacPhail, Signatory, Cadenhead’s and the Italian bottlers Samaroli and Intertrade. The common denominator in these legendary bottlings is a remarkably fruity character alongside the phenolic bombast - sadly this fruitiness is no longer found in Laphroaig’s modern distillate.