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LAPHROAIG

Established: 1815
Status: Working
Location: Port Ellen, Isle of Islay
Visitor centre: Yes
Website: www.laphroaig.com



• 10 Years Old, 40%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 10- (97 points)
(Colour: amber / Nose 24 points: strong, earthy, spicy, hot, oily, peaty, smoky, tar / Taste 24 points: full-bodied, smoky, salty, peaty, tobacco, earthy, hot, pine / Finish 24 points: Long, beautiful, smoky finish / Balance 25 points.)

'In that direction,' the Cat said, waving its
right paw round, 'lives a Hatter: and in that
direction,' waving the other paw, 'lives a
March Hare. Visit either you like: they're both mad.'
'But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
'Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: 'we're all
mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.'
'How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
'You must be,' said the Cat, 'or you wouldn't have come here.'
(Lewis Carroll - Alice In Wonderland)




• Quarter Cask
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9+ (93 points)
(Colour: hay / Nose 23 points: smoky, soft, sea, salty / Taste 22 points: smoky, peaty, salty, full-bodied, oily, biscuity, sawdust / Finish 23 points: long and smoky finish / Balance 24 points.)



• 10 Years Old, original cask strength 57.3%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (92 points)
(Nose 23 points: earthy, peaty / Taste 23 points: smoky, peaty / Finish 23 points / Balance 23 points.)



• Aged 25 Years (2009 edition), 51%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (92 points)
(Colour: amber / Nose 23 points: leather, smoky lamb, plum, floral, fire / Taste 23 points: full-bodied, spicy, smoky, tar / Finish 23 points: smoky & long / Balance 23 points.)



• Triple Wood, matured in ex-bourbon barrels and quarter cask, finished in European oak, 48%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (92 points)
(Colour: gold / Nose 22 points: smoky, dried fruits, oaky / Taste 24 points: full-bodied, smoky, oaky, fruity, apricot / Finish 23 points: long and smoky finish / Balance 23 points.)



• 15 Years Old, 43%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9 (91 points)
(Colour: amber / Nose 23 points: smoky, peaty, iodine, sea, leather, water surfaces oranges / Taste 22 points: smoky, peaty, seaweed, salty, salmiac / Finish 24 points: beautiful smoky finish / Balance 22 points.)



• 18 Years Old
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9- (89 points)
(Colour: gold / Nose 23 points: peaty, smoky, seawater, seaweed, fruity, tobacco / Taste 22 points: smoky, peaty, full-bodied, sea, salty / Finish 22 points: smoky & long / Balance 22 points.)



• Vintage 2000, Aged 10 Years, d 18.9.2000, b 27.10.2010, refill butt, cask #4069, b 232/847, 46%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9- (88 points)
(Colour: pale amber / Nose 23 points: leathery, band-aid, smoky / Taste 22 points: smoky but still fruity, oranges, burning log, full-bodied / Finish 22 points: smoky & long / Balance 21 points.)





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