Laphroaig 10 Year Sherry Oak Finish

Nose is full of smoke. Burnt sugar and sawdust. Some briny notes in there as well. Taste is pleasant. Thin and slick. Some vanilla followed by brine and smoke. Lots of rich umami and mas pleasant burn. Finish is a short burn followed by salt, seaweed, some spices, and leathery notes. Finishing with a pleasant spicy tingle. More than happy that i added a bottle of to ny collection.

Continuing the Laphroaig tasting that availed me over my family celebration, my friend, who also had available 16 year, I was eagerly wanting to try this one. Amongst drinking with family, finding a moment to do so presented a challenge in and of itself. N: Take sugary figs, wrap them in salty bacon. As you take in that savory aroma, camphor, pine nuts, brown sugar filling, burning rubber tires, grape jam, dark honey, burnt toast burst onto the nose. A wonderful potpourri of disparate aromas. P: The palate takes on a front of toffee sweetness. That sweetness does slowly subside making way for black pepper, soot, vanilla, dark roasted coffee, dark chocolate, marmalade, grape jam and grilled figs. The palate is just swirling with these flavors spinning around, sideways and all about. F: The palate remains wonderfully coated with sooty cigar ash with brown sugar, dark chocolate orange zest, roasted coffee grinds, brine, and maraschino cherries. The best part of all is that these disparate flavor gel wonderfully and are almost eternal. O: This is one of the best Laphroaig’s I have tasted. A plethora of aromas sand flavors. The sherry finishing just takes a top notch 10 year and pushes it to an even higher level. The interplay of sweetness, brine and phenols keeps the nose and palate active. One of the better finishes from a whisky. Well worth a purchase. Can be found for at a fair price. [Tasted: 7/3/23][92/100]

Nose: very much sherried, fruuts and confectionery sweetness like a raspberry mignon. Very light smokyness Palate: more smoke,, bit watery, some pungent notes, like ginger, nuts Finish: long, smoky, ginger upfront, some bitterness,, tobacco

The cherry finish does make it a bit better than the original.