INFORMATION
Laphroaig 30 Year Old. Bottled 1990s, 2000s. 70cl. 750ml. 43%.
One of the most legendary bottlings from one of Scotland’s most iconic distilleries, this Laphroaig 30-year-old appeared soon after the turn of the millennium and swiftly attained near-mythical status thanks to its rich sherried fruit flavours, dazzling complexity and remarkably gentle, time-mellowed phenols. A swansong triumph for the legendary distillery manager Iain Henderson, who retired from Laphroaig soon afterwards, this Laphroaig is simply one of the greatest 30-year-old single malt whiskies ever bottled.
DISTILLERY:Laphroaig
DISTILLERY STATUS:Working
Bottle ABV:43%
Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml
BOTTLER:Distillery Bottling
SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland
CASK TYPE:Single Malt
REGION:Islay
BOTTLING DATE::Circa 2000
AGE:30
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.
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