Taster

Nose: Fresh, mild antiseptic, subtle peat smoke.

Palate: Complex. Smoked haddock, cut plug tobacco, burnt newspapers, but buttery, sweeter cooked fruit notes predominate.

Finish: Chewy toffee drying out to oak.

Comment: A fine robust dram with lots happening. Laphroaig at its best.

Score: 8.8

Taster

Nose: Sweet. Tarry with stewing citrus fruits (like making marmalade). Bere meal, varnish and tar. Like fence posts in the sun/caulked wood.

Palate: Big blast of smoke, then oak, malt, with sweetness and orangey fruit. The phenols lurk...

Finish: ...then reappear with a crunchy oatcake.

Comment: Sweeter and more oaky than I remember.

Score: 7.8