Sunset on the porch and a beautiful Laphroaig. Life is good. Nose: there is a prominent but more subdued peat, salt air, syrupy candied/dried fruit, getting dried cherry and plum. Some black pepper, also getting vanilla and baking spices, and some prominent oak Palate: sweet and syrupy, getting sticky dark fruit, with the background of traditional Laphroaig peat and salinity. Theres a strong dark chocolate note, some subtle vanilla crême. Almost like a chocolate covered cherry/raisin. Some zippy/sharp wood tones come in here as it transitions to the finish, tannin and aromatic baking spices. Finish: oak tannins, lingering earthy peat phenols, Ash, raisin/date. nb. A few drops of water tames the syrupy thickness a tad and brings out a little more wood elements from (I'm guessing) the quarter casks on palate. Vanilla gets elevated a notch. the oak tannins and barrel toast/char show up marginally on the finish