I got this one one for a very fair price at around 55 quid about a year ago, in a whisky shop in Herning, Denmark. So I guess its been sitting on their shelves for a while..? But damn, show me anywhere you get an 18yo CS SC Laphroaig at this price, fantastic! The color is white wine. It smells peat smoke, cinnamon, earl grey tea, lemon lozenges, vanilla, chlorine, acrid, bitter apple juice, iodine, medicinal, dry licorice, guava paste, malt. The taste is very sweet, vanilla, meringue, honey, sweet white wine, ashes, basil leaves, chili, cinnamon, oysters, white wine vinegar. The finish is all on medicinal peaty notes, quite intense. I'll add some water. Now it turns more Islay-ish, salty, charcoal, gunpowder, lime zest. Hardcore laphroaigness now, more complex when bare. It's a bit strange how they've spelled "Scots Whisky"...
I'd say this one belongs up there with the best bourbon-matured Laphroaigs: 8.5
Next tasting: Rosebank Distillery
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