Nose is much less peat-forward than other Laphroaig offerings with sea salt and damp wood backing it up. There is melted butter and lemony citrus, tapioca, and vanilla; however, it is widely constrained for its distillery. Gone are the notes of burning hospital, smoked fish, dirty socks following a stroll through a bog, briny cottage cheese, pharmacological wildness of typical Laphroaig. It's supposed to be a blend of the Quarter Cask, PX, and Triple Wood Laphroaigs (hence the "Select") but there is no discernible secondary casking on this dram. Palate is semi-sweet, with mild peat marrying orchard fruit, soot, Confectioner's sugar, and light oak. Finish is medium-long, imbued with the dying embers of an overly moist campfire, sardines, some medicinal notes with a lingering black pepper. It's much less oily than other Laphroaig offerings and, though the finish is the highlight of the dram, it is also feels much too thin compared to its cousins. Overall, it's objectively a good whisky and distinctively Laphroaig. However, like many of the NAS bottles coming out nowadays, it doesn't have the value proposition of other staples. For the money, Quarter Cask trounces this, as does Triple Wood for a few bucks more.