Taster

Nose: Immediate: smoked haddock, creosote/tar, hessian, peat smoke with lovely sweet fruitiness behind. In time, leather. Great.

Palate: Smouldering peat fires, heather, violet. Dry oak balanced by lovely toffee sweetness in the middle of the palate. Complex.

Finish: Long, peaty, tarry.

Comment: A huge, rich and strangely elegant Laphroaig. Miles better than the official 15 Years Old.

Score: 8.8

Taster

Nose: Peppery. Seaweed. The sea. Some iron-like notes.

Palate: Very oily. Sweet, but also salty. Long flavour development. Seems a mature, restrained, rounded, expression of Laphroaig; and then...

Finish: Sudden explosion of salt and pepper.

Comment: I enjoyed this very much, but it does not add a great deal to the canon.

Score: 8.8