Laphroaig 25 Years Old Signatory Vintage Symington’s Choice Cask 3372 52.2% 1997
€ 999,94 (in Vat)
| Distillery | Laphroaig |
| Bottler | Signatory Vintage |
| Serie | Cask Strength Collection Symington’s Choice |
| Bottled for | |
| Distilled date | 28.04.1997 |
| Bottling date | 10.02.2023 |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
| Age | 25 |
| Cask Type | Bourbon Hogshead |
| Cask Number | 3372 |
| Alcohol percentage | 52.2 |
| Volume | 0,70 |
| Condition | In Original Container |
| Label | Perfect |
| Stock |
Professional reviews
BOW (90)
Serge Valentin (90)
This one's very dark for an ex-BB malt, but as we used to say in math (and malt) class, there are more exceptions than rules. Colour: full gold with copper hues. Nose: charcoal at first, old fireplace, guns, then meats and dried fish. Beef jerky, soot, coal dust, waxed papers, cigars, Aperol Spritz (apologies), eucalyptus wood… I find it curiously thick and 'sherried' for a bourbon hogshead, but we shan't complain as this one too is 'vastly superior'. With water: this kind of nutty and salty style that's rather to be found in deep-sherried Laphroaigs. Cherry liqueur, kirschwasser… Seriously, loving this, but what happened? Mouth (neat): beautifully weird, with some 7-up, lemonade, even Schweppes, then seawater, oysters, tobacco, liquorice wood… It is certainly not your average ex-bourbon Laphroaig. With water: no, this cannot be. If this was indeed a 'simple' bourbon cask, I'll eat a whole family-size Hawaiian pizza from Domino's, but I'll need proof. Finish: long, extremely good, with black raisins and loads of smoke. Comments: am I losing my mind? Or is someone gently pulling my leg? Ex-bourbon, really?
