Laphroaig 1998 20 Year Old Peaty Artist
70cl / 54.7%
A 1998 Laphroaig from the ninth release of La Maison du Whisky’s Artist series, matured in a single ex-bourbon barrel for two decades before being bottled in 2019. Heady aromas of hyacinth, ash, candied lemon, chocolate and acacia honey fill the nose, over hints of gooseberry and blackcurrant. The palate offers notes of black truffle, earthy peat, coal dust, sea salt, Havana cigars and grated ginger.
Lovely back label! Or is it the front label? This is Signatory Vintage stock and Signatory always have/had great Laphroaigs. Colour: gold. Nose: this is interesting, there are obvious similarities with the ‘First’ and several differences that may well come from both the sherry and a more active wood. Well, maybe not because this is globally more medicinal and more on tar and pitch, even rubber. It’s also very strong and do not want to burn my nostrils, so… With water: they converge. Maybe wee touches of fruitcake in this one, much wee… Laphroaig 1998 20 Year Old Peaty Artist
Mouth (neat): too strong. Ethanol and mercurochrome at cask strength. With water: phew! Classic middle-aged Laphroaig, salty, smoky, citrusy, tarry and a weeeee tad more medicinal again. One or two spoons of orange marmalade (per 100 litres of whisky). Finish: long, with maybe a little Demerara sugar? Cherry stem tea? Otherwise it’s classic Laphroaig. Comments: really hard to beat, these 1998s…
Mouth (neat): too strong. Ethanol and mercurochrome at cask strength. With water: phew! Classic middle-aged Laphroaig, salty, smoky, citrusy, tarry and a weeeee tad more medicinal again. One or two spoons of orange marmalade (per 100 litres of whisky). Finish: long, with maybe a little Demerara sugar? Cherry stem tea? Otherwise it’s classic Laphroaig. Comments: really hard to beat, these 1998s…
No new Ardbegs, very few Lagavulins, even Coal Ila seems to be getting scarcer (yes, relatively), so we have to rely on Laphroaig or on new cats Port Charlotte or Kilchoman to have our fix of new peaty Ileachs these days. Today it’s going to be Laphroaig. Let’s see how far we can go…
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