The Director’s Particular vary from Elixir Distillers is the premium portfolio inside the Single Malts of Scotland model. It’s the private collection of Sukhinder Singh. It consists of misplaced distilleries, older casks or just beautiful drams. Bottles include a prooftag that may be authenticated on-line.
One of many latest additions to this vary is that this Laphroaig 27 Yr Outdated.
Laphroaig 27 yo (51,2%, Single Malts of Scotland ‘Director’s Particular’ 2024, first fill bourbon barrel, 210 btl.)
Nostril: slightly fruity, with a whole lot of grilled pineapple and tangerines, in addition to (scorched) lemon peelings, inexperienced apples and hints of mead. Gentle pure vanilla. Then the basic (and on this case actually elegant) Laphroaig smoke seems. Dusty coal, with iodine, moist hay and bandages within the background. Some tobacco as effectively.
Mouth: nonetheless fairly fruity, though it reveals extra wooden than most of those undisclosed early Nineties expressions. Pepper and aniseed, with charred oak and massive saline notes. Some almonds, sultanas and liquorice. Gentle tarry notes within the center, in addition to natural components. Then some grapefruit and pineapple in direction of the tip, together with pipe tobacco and a mineral dry word.
End: lengthy and warming, with sooty smoke. Additionally echoes of ardour fruit, combined with oak spice, sea salt and eucalyptus.
Laphroaig from this period doesn’t disappoint. Elegant smoke and plenty of complexities. Among the early 90s vintages supply extra fruity notes, however now we’re nitpicking. Offered out in most locations, however nonetheless accessible from TyndrumWhisky or The Whisky Barrel as an illustration.
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