Laphroaig 1977-1995

INFORMATION

Laphroaig 1977. Bottled in Spring 1995. 75cl. 43%.

One of the best official Laphroaigs from the 1990s, this 1977 Laphroaig was a limited vintage edition for travel retail bottled in 1995, the year after the distillery received its Royal Warrant from King Charles. A wonderful dram, showing an abundance of tropical fruit, generous but not overpowering sherry influence and exceptionally gentle (for Laphroaig) peatsmoke. Laphroaig 1995 is a legendary bottling amongst drinkers and collectors alike. 

DISTILLERY:Laphroaig

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:43%

Bottle SIZE:75cl / 750ml

BOTTLER:Distillery Bottling

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Islay

DISTILLED YEAR:1977

BOTTLING DATE::1995

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.