Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.
Tasting
How it drinks
Sight
Pale gold — lighter than most Laphroaigs due to first-fill bourbon only; bright and clear
Nose
Pure, undiluted Laphroaig character — medicinal peat, iodine, TCP, vanilla, coconut, lemon zest, and Atlantic brine. Without sherry influence, this is the closest you get to the raw distillery DNA. Warehouse 1 is the original dunnage warehouse, sea-facing
Palate
Stripped-back and powerful. Pure bourbon-cask Laphroaig at cask strength — intense medicinal peat, iodine, seaweed, vanilla, coconut, salted butter, lemon curd, and Atlantic mineral water. The absence of sherry means every note is pure distillery character. The maritime influence from the sea-facing warehouse is tangible
Finish
Very long and clean. Medicinal peat, vanilla, coconut, and sea salt. The finish is pure and focused compared to the multi-cask complexity of Lore or the PX sweetness of the 2021 Cairdeas. A purists dream
Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.
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