Laphroaig – Oak Select (70cl, 40%)

Laphroaig Oak Select is a distillery bottling of Islay single malt, bottled at 40% in a 70cl bottle. It is non-chill-filtered and has no added colour. Whiskies from several kinds of cask are vatted first: Oloroso sherry butts, first-fill ex-bourbon quarter casks, Pedro Ximénez sherry hogsheads and ex-bourbon casks. The vatting then receives a finish in new American oak. Medicinal peat smoke and seaweed stay clear, with red fruit and a floral aftertaste set against them. The nose opens with peat smoke, followed by ripe red fruit. On the palate it starts sweet before peat smoke, ash and seaweed arrive. The long finish is floral, with a hint of marzipan and lime.