Another Feis Ile 2018 sample dram picked up at Laphroaig's Filling Fair. The name of this travel retail exclusive means "the big ocean," and this dram kind of reminds me a piece of leather, toughened through successive soaks in seawater and dried out in the hot sun. The distinguishing finishing feature of this one is purportedly finishing in virgin European oak casks, but I'm not sure that they benefit the final product. Its nose features wax, oil, buttered rolls, and smoke. The palate is salty, perhaps too much so, with vegetal peat and dry, bitter vegetables like brussel sprouts cooked without oil. It ends on a dry coda of herbal peat, sour lemon, and bitter oak. A little too dry and bitter, rather than richly smoky, for my tastes. This is an expensive dram at $100 or more in airports and duty-free shops, and I think it's a pretty bad value considering the excellence of other Laphroaigs.