Laphroaig 25 Years Old Cask Strength Edition 2016

Cask Strength Edition

700ml / 48.6%

Single Malt

$682

Laphroaig 25 Years Old Cask Strength Edition, the 2016 release in oloroso at 48.6%. A mature medicinal Islay malt at full strength, deep peat softened by a quarter century.

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SKU LPH062 Categories Islay, Laphroaig, Scottish Whisky, Whiskey Brand: Laphroaig

Description

The 2016 entry in Laphroaig's 25 Year Old Cask Strength Edition, the annual full-strength release of the distillery's oldest core age. Each year's batch differs with the casks drawn, this one matured in Oloroso.

A quarter century mellows the medicinal smoke into a waxy maturity, the cask strength keeping it vivid where the standard 40% bottlings turn gentle.

At 48.6% the peat is soft but present, the Oloroso lending fig and raisin from its melanoidins. The palate runs to tobacco, a hay-like note, an oily texture and a malt note.