Single Malt Cask Strength Batch No 014 10YO (((Bottled 2021)))
⏳ Drikkevindue
As a distilled spirit, this bottle does not mature further in glass and is ready to be enjoyed immediately. Unopened, it will preserve its exceptional character indefinitely. Once opened, it is best enjoyed within 1 to 3 years to experience its full aromatic complexity before gradual oxidation begins to soften its fiery cask-strength profile.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Fresh raw oysters, strong blue cheeses like Roquefort or Stilton, and slow-smoked barbecue beef brisket.
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Hailing from the rugged, wind-swept south coast of Islay, Laphroaig has been crafting its famously polarizing, deeply peated single malt Scotch whisky since 1815. The Cask Strength Batch 014, aged for 10 years in seasoned ex-bourbon barrels and bottled in 2021, represents the distillery's signature style in its most unadulterated form. Laphroaig's legendary character is defined by its hand-cut peat from the Glenmachrie peat moss, which imparts a unique medicinal, iodine-rich, and seaweed-forward smoke profile, balanced by the sweet vanilla and toasted oak notes of American white oak. Legend has it that during US Prohibition, Laphroaig was legally imported as a 'medicinal spirit' due to its intense, therapeutic iodine aroma—a testament to its uncompromising and historical character.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Laphroaig blev grundlagt i 1815 af brødrene Donald og Alexander Johnston på den rå sydkyst af Isle of Islay og regnes i dag for et af Skotlands mest ikoniske og karakterfulde single malt-destillerier. Destilleriet er berømt for sin kompromisløse, medicinske og maritime profil og holder de stolte håndværkstraditioner i hævd ved selv at håndstikke lokal Islay-tørv fra Glenmachrie samt drive egne, historiske maltgulve. Kombinationen af koldrøgning og blødt, tørveholdigt vand fra Kilbride Reservoir giver en umiskendelig spiritus, der er rig på noter af tang, jod og markant tørverøg. Destilleriet hører i dag under Suntory Global Spirits og har siden 1994 kunnet pryde sig med et prestigefyldt Royal Warrant som kongelig hofleverandør. Her skabes skoledannende aftapninger, der spænder lige fra den klassiske 10 Year Old og den innovative Quarter Cask til dybt komplekse, eksklusive ældre single malts.