Origin: The Balvenie, Dufftown (Speyside)

Age: 12 years

Alcohol: 40%

It is called “Doublewood”, because after its maturing in oak cass, it is then finished for some month in first-fill sherry casks made of European oak.

Amber

Herbs, spices, you can smell some orange

Fruity-sweet, again orange/candied orange

Very slight notes of cinnamon or vanilla.

Starts late, but stays long

Warms your whole chest 

General Info

Laphroaig 10 Year Old is an all-malt Scotch Whisky from the remote island of Islay in the Western Isles of Scotland. Laphroaig, pronounced "La-froyg", is a Gaelic word meaning "the beautiful hollow by the broad bay".

Nose

Peat, soft smoke, disinfectant, new bottle of motor oil

 

Huge peat, soft smoke, shellfish, motor oil, scope mouth wash (the green one), light salt, hints of floral

 

The peat stays with you from the arrival to the finish and then some. The peat leaves lips, mouth, and throat numb and tingling. The finish is long and lingering.