Laphroaig / 1960 Vintage Reserve

Laphroaig

1960 Vintage Reserve

ABV 42.4%
REVIEWED Issue 19

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Specifications

Brand: Laphroaig
Expression: 1960 Vintage Reserve
Type: Scotland Whisky / Single Malt
Age: No Age Statement
ABV: 42.4%
Country/Region: Scotland
Bottling type: Standard (Distillery or blended)

Tasting notes

Taster Dave Broom

Nose: Complex, intense yet graceful. Apples, tar, a beach slathered in seaweed. A tiny drop of water brings out rose hip, anise, lanolin and an intense high balsamic note.
Palate: Very dry to start, it hits the palate with charred embers from a beach bonfire, then mellows into an apple-laden mid-palate...
Finish: ...and smokes its way to the finish.
Comment: Complex, graceful and fascinating.

9.0

Taster Michael Jackson

Nose: Sea air. Driftwood. Seaweed on the beach. Not as medicinal as I expect from Laproaig. Some sulphur.
Palate: Again, less iodine than usual. Flowery. Peppery.
Finish: Firm, long. More of the typical Laphroaig flavours emerge, especially when water is added.
Comment: There is something getting in the way. Woodiness?

7.8

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Laphroaig Distillery, Port Ellen, Isle of Islay , Islay, Scotland

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