Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength - Batch 007

I love the 10 year old, and the way people raved about this it put it on my list so it was a no brainer when a local liquor store happened to have some. 

Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength Batch 007, Islay Single Malt, 56.3% ABV

Minutia: Bottled at cask strength in January 2015 after 10 years of maturation, the 7th batch of this expression. Enjoyed neat in a glencairn.

Color: Tawny, 1.4.

Nose: Molasses, campfire, musty fruit, smoky butterscotch, tobacco.

Taste: Smoke, pepper, dunnage.

Finish: Oaky spice, smoke, seaweed. Long.

This is powerful and flavorful. Like so many drams for me of late, the nose is the star of the show. I’d say I enjoyed all the elements about the same, but something about the nose is more compelling. The 10 will always hold the whisky equivalent of a place in my heart held by my first love but this – without getting vulgar with specifics – is akin to an improved version of that person in all ways. I have too many bottles at the present time to begin following through with this, but once the amount of bottles is under control/amount of space can handle the bottles I’ll be getting at least one bottle of every batch for as long as they make this.

Score: 92

Musical Evocation: Bathory – “Lake of Fire”