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The folks at Laphroaig describe its 10 Year Old Cask Strength as the Islay distillery's most powerful expression, and here we have Batch 16! Bottled in 2022 at a robust cask strength of 58.5% ABV, it's packed with pungent layers of peppery peat smoke, meaty malt, sea salt, and oaken vanilla. |
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VOL |
70cl |
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ABV |
58.8% |
| Tasting notes |
NoseRich and oily, with woody spice and bonfire ash, smoked fish, salted nuts, anise, and hints of iodine. PalateA tangle of sweetness and smoke, with vanilla honey, cooked apples, buttery pastry and tarry, medicinal peat. Briny, with warming notes of ginger. FinishBold and drying. Smouldering smoke lingers, with charred oak, candied almonds, and iodine. |
