Laphroaig 20 Year Old Platinum Old & Rare

This single cask expression from independent bottler Hunter Laing & Co. was distilled at Islay’s Laphroaig distillery in October 1997 and matured for the next twenty years in a refill hogshead before bottling in September 2018. Only 123 bottles have been filled, each one at a natural cask strength of 44% abv.Whiskeria’s Charles Maclean said: “The aroma combines creosote and iodine with an cold coal fire hearth; there is dry seaweed here, and also a trace of hard salt taffey. The taste is sweet and salty, with a blast of smoke at the back, lingering in the finish. Classic Laphroaig, but rounded and full-bodied.”