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Key Facts About This Single Malt Scotch

Bottler:

Range: Octave

Distillery: Laphroaig

Age: 17 years old

Distilled: 2004

Bottled: 2022

Region: Islay, Scotland

Spirit: Single malt scotch

Cask Type: Finished in a sherry octave for 9 months

Cask Ref: 5634019

Alcohol by Volume: 54.9%

Bottled: Natural colour and without chill filtration

Outturn: 85 bottles

Bottle Size: 700ml

Laphroaig 17 Year Old Tasting Notes

Nose: Big, punchy sherry notes. Antique wax-polished mahogany wood furniture. A touch of salty sea air. Some fruity notes underneath, strawberries dipped in chocolate, and pears studded with cloves poached in red wine.

Palate: Initially soft and gentle, but then everything kicks off with a bang. Pipe smoke, rich sherry, lashings of fruit, sun-dried Muscat grapes, dark plums. Very concentrated and rich, oily on the palate.

Finish: Great length. The rich fruity sweetness continues. The peat fades away gently. Very rich and intense. A cracker of a cask.

About this Duncan Taylor Octave

This is a 17 year old Laphroaig distilled in 2004. Duncan Taylor moved the whisky into a small sherry octave cask for a nine month finishing period. These small casks (around 60 litres) have a big impact on flavour. And being a small cask, it only produced 85 bottles of this very exclusive whisky.

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