Douglas Laing Old & Rare Platinum Selection. We dont see many twenty something sherry matured Laphroaig bottlings
- this one from indy bottlers Douglas Laing is sure to be a winner. Single sherry butt distilled March 1989 & bottled March 2011. 207 numbered bottles. Laphroaig Laphroaig Distillery was established in 1815 on the rocky south coast of the Isle of Islay off the west coast of Scotl&. Laphroaig is a malt whisky distillery which continues to malt barley using its traditional malting floors & malt kiln. In 1994 Laphroaig was awarded the Royal Warrant. Visitors are welcomed at the Laphroaig Distillery visitor centre where distillery tours are available. Laphroaig Distillery participates in Feis Ile, the Islay Festival of Malt & Music. Fragrant, perfumed, & big in a sweet (lightly fruited) & barley style all warming to later suggestions of tar & cinders on the nose. On the palate much more tar is apparent – with chimney soot, barley sweetness & creosote all to the fore. The finish is long, medicated, with peat & more of that same ashy, tarry & creosoted character.