Single Malt Cask Strength Batch No 015 10YO (((Bottled 2021)))
⏳ Drikkevindue
As a high-proof distilled spirit, this bottle does not mature further once packaged. It is ready to be enjoyed immediately upon release and, if stored upright in a cool, dark place, will maintain its exceptional quality and character for decades.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Fresh raw oysters, mature blue cheeses such as Stilton, and slow-smoked barbecue beef brisket.
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Founded in 1815 on the rugged south coast of Islay, Laphroaig is legendary for its uncompromising, intensely peated single malts. The Cask Strength Batch 015, a 10-year-old expression bottled in 2021, represents the distillery's signature style in its most honest and powerful form. Distilled from barley dried over damp Islay peat—rich in seaweed and heather—and matured in seasoned ex-bourbon barrels, this whisky is bottled without chill-filtration at natural cask strength. Historically, Laphroaig's distinctively medicinal, iodine-forward profile was so pronounced that during US Prohibition, it was legally imported as a 'medicinal spirit' because customs officials could not believe anyone would drink it for pleasure. This batch delivers an explosive sensory experience of cold peat smoke, sea salt, and medicinal bandages, beautifully balanced by underlying notes of sweet vanilla, toasted oak, and spicy cardamom.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Laphroaig blev grundlagt i 1815 af brødrene Donald og Alexander Johnston på Islays rå sydkyst og står i dag som et af Skotlands mest markante og kompromisløse single malt-destillerier. Destilleriet ligger helt ude ved Atlanterhavets brænding nær Port Ellen, hvor det henter sit bløde, tørveholdige vand fra Kilbride Stream. Som et af de få steder bevarer man her traditionelle malterigulve til en del af byggen, som tørres over håndskåren Islay-tørv spækket med mos og maritim lyng. Gæringen og destillationen på asymmetriske kobber-pot stills frembringer et rådestillat med en umiskendelig karakter af medicinske noter, fenoler, jod og salt havluft. Hovedparten af modningen foregår på udvalgte ex-bourbonfade i kystnære dunnage-lagre, hvilket afrunder den intense røg med cremet vanilje, sødmefuld eg og moden frugtplantage. Ikoniske aftapninger som den klassiske 10 Year Old, Quarter Cask, de årlige Càirdeas-udgaver og den ærværdige 25 Year Old Cask Strength indkapsler på fornemste vis Islays rå natur og stolte destillationstraditioner.