Laphroaig / 27 Years Old Vintage 1980

Laphroaig

27 Years Old Vintage 1980

ABV 51%
REVIEWED Issue 67

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Specifications

Brand: Laphroaig
Expression: 27 Years Old Vintage 1980
Type: Scotland Whisky / Single Malt
Age: 27 years old
ABV: 51%
Country/Region: Scotland
Bottling type: Standard (Distillery or blended)

Tasting notes

Taster Dave Broom

Nose: Sherry central. Bitter chocolate, coffee grounds, treacle, liquorice, tinned prunes in syrup. A leathery/shoe polish note suggestive of age. Smoke emerges but in a savoury way.
Palate: The nose shouts: 'here be tannins'
Finish: Tarry and nutty malt.
Comment: An acquired taste. Some will like it, but it's too woody and nothing on the 1974 bottling by la Maison du Whisky.

7.8

Taster Martine Nouet

Nose: A sherry cask, for sure. Dark wood. Humus in a wet underwood. Sultanas, dried dates. Liquorice. All concentrated aromas.
Palate: Just the same. With assertive wood prevailing. Quite refined though.
Finish: Oaky with a burnt wood note. Nutty aftertaste.
Comment: A'wyniwyg'

7.5

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