The Octave Laphroaig 2004 16 Year Old at The Whisky Shop – Scotch Whisky News
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The intensity in flavour from the small octave cask matches oh-so perfectly with the robust and peaty Islay spirit. Aged 16 years and left at a cask strength of 52.9% abv, we only have 75 bottles of this Whisky Shop exclusive to go around! Notes of coal tar, bbq’d herby meat, and a rich, oily palate full of sweetness and saltiness finishes up with mouth-cooling Szechuan pepper and bags of smoke.
The Octave Laphroaig 2004 16 Year Old Description
This beautiful expression is drawn from an octave cask exclusively for us. This cask is 1/8th of the size of a regular sherry butt and facilitates a much faster maturation, catalysing more flavour uptake and giving a more intense spirit.
It has a wonderfully pale amber colour imparted by the oak cask, and retains some of the characteristic Laphroaig traits; namely, a big helping of smokiness in the finish. With a natural cask-imparted colour, and arriving at a cask strength of 52.9%, this has a strong depth of character and is packed with subtle flavours.
With notes of coal tar, barbeque’d meat, this dram has an oily texture full of sweetness and saltiness. One that is equally for Laphroaig fans as much as it is for those looking for something truly out of the ordinary.
