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2016-12-01 | Very Good

Laphroaig 30 Year Old Official Bottling 43% 90s Circulation

Laphroaig LAPHROAIG 30yo OB 43% 90s Circulation
Bottle #ラフロイグ(LAPHROAIG)
A performance of old sherry and peat. It's still delicious. Laphroaig LAPHROAIG 30yo OB 43% 90s Circulation The aroma is strong old sherry, grapes with skins, plums and orange covered in chocolate, leather and earthiness, strong peat with seaweed-like iodine, and a solid smoky flavor. When you drink it, the smooth mouthfeel expands into a sherry that is not dominant but intoxicating, with ripe plums or muscat grapes, pleasant sweetness and astringency, leather, oily richness, clear iodine notes with a fruity long finish. 【Very Good】 Laphroaig 30 Year Old Official Bottle. It is said to have been circulated around the late 90s. Working backward, this would suggest that it is from a cask of spirit distilled in the 60s and circulated at that time. However, the nuances of sherry cask are clearly felt in both aroma and flavor, including not only fruity notes but also leather and earthiness. And as expected from an official bottling, the peat character with a strong iodine note is well preserved despite its long aging and dilution. Due to the aging process, it has a cohesive and smooth flavor. Although it lacks the thick body of long-aged diluted whisky, it leaves a long intoxicating finish. #Laphroaig (LAPHROAIG)