Single Malt Feis Ile Vintage 17YO
⏳ Drinking Window
As a distilled spirit, this single malt does not mature further in the bottle; it is bottled at its absolute peak and can be enjoyed immediately upon release or cellared indefinitely if kept sealed and upright away from direct sunlight.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh raw oysters, strong blue cheeses like Stilton, and rich dark chocolate.
✨ Technical Specifications
Laphroaig, established in 1815 by brothers Donald and Alexander Johnston on the south coast of Islay, is legendary for its uncompromisingly peated, medicinal, and maritime single malts. The Feis Ile releases are crafted specifically for Islay's annual Festival of Music and Malt, celebrating the island's rich distilling heritage. This rare 17-year-old expression represents a masterful maturation period where the distillery's fierce, iodine-rich smoke and seaweed character softens, marrying with the oak to reveal unexpected layers of tropical fruit, wax, leather, and sweet vanilla. Distilled using water from the Kilbride Stream and peat cut from the distillery's own hand-harvested bogs, this whisky is a liquid testament to Islay's rugged, wind-swept terroir and centuries of Gaelic distilling tradition.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1815 by brothers Donald and Alexander Johnston on the rugged southern coast of the Isle of Islay, Laphroaig is celebrated as one of Scotland's most iconic and distinctive single malt distilleries. Renowned for its unapologetically bold, medicinal, and maritime character, the distillery preserves heritage traditions by hand-cutting local Islay peat from Glenmachrie and operating its own historic floor maltings. Utilizing cold-smoking techniques and soft, peaty water drawn from the Kilbride Reservoir, Laphroaig yields an unmistakable spirit brimming with notes of seaweed, iodine, and robust peat smoke. Now under the stewardship of Suntory Global Spirits and holding a prestigious Royal Warrant since 1994, the distillery produces benchmark expressions ranging from its classic 10 Year Old and innovative Quarter Cask to deeply nuanced, ultra-aged single malts.