Laphroaig 2013 Càrn Mòr Williamson 9-Year
47.5% ABV - Islay, Scotland
Nose: Grilled tropical fruits, peat smoke, and ash are dominant. Notes of caramel, vanilla, oak, sea salt and rose petals. Lots going on!
Taste: Intense smokiness with peppered fruits and charred meat on a barbecue.
Finish: White pepper and spices atop billowing smoke and candied fruits.
What a great whisky! I tasted this in a blind whisky tasting at The Strath Liquor Store and made an on-the-spot decision to buy two—not something that I often do. (They were still available on The Strath’s website while I was typing out this review.) I am only about one-third through this bottle. Every time I pour a dram I wonder how I managed to wait so long since the last…
This is a great value whisky (it’s under $200 CAD) and it displays a neat profile of Laphroaig that strays a bit from the distillery character. I was not confident in that blind tasting that this was a Laphroaig whisky. I was 100% confident that it was delicious though!
Details: Number of Bottles: 1798. Bottled in 2023. Cask Type: Hogshead. Strictly Limited series by Càrn Mòr. (A tiny, extra detail is that the label on the bottle does name the Laphroaig distillery—sometimes they don’t!)
Tasting Notes (Official): Pungent peat smoke, smoked kippers, sea salt and ground black pepper.
Tasted 11 June 2024. (Posted 4 October 2024.)
