Single Malt Highgrove Cask 500155 12YO (((Bottled 2019)))
⏳ Drikkevindue
As a distilled spirit, this bottle does not improve with age once bottled and is ready to enjoy immediately, remaining stable for decades when stored properly away from direct sunlight.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Smoked salmon, blue cheese, dark chocolate
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
This exceptional 12-year-old single malt represents a prestigious intersection of Islay distilling heritage and British royalty. Bottled in 2019 from the single cask number 500155, this release was specially selected for Highgrove, the private estate of King Charles III, who famously bestowed his Royal Warrant upon Laphroaig in 1994. The whisky embodies Laphroaig's classic, uncompromising Islay character—defined by medicinal peat smoke, seaweed, and damp earth—softened and complexified by twelve years of maturation. The single-cask nature of this bottling highlights a unique profile of sweet barley, vanilla, and maritime brine, offering a rare liquid testament to the distillery's traditional floor maltings and coastal warehouse aging.
🍾 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.