- BrandLaphroaig
- CountryScotland
- RegionIslay
- TypeSingle Malt Scotch
- Size700ml
- SKU 210000047674
Single Malts of Scotland Laphroaig 11 Year Sherry Hogshead Cask 222 700ml
This independently bottled Laphroaig was matured in a single refill sherry hogshead. The nose shows yellow plums, gooseberry, toasted oats and smoked pine needles, complemented by tobacco leaves and savoury spice.
Laphroaig is a Scotch Whisky distillery on the western Scottish island of Islay and one of the best-known of all the single malts. It is marketed as "the most richly flavored of all Scotch whiskies" and is known for its powerful peaty aromas. It is the only whisky to carry the Royal Warrant of the Prince of Wales, which was awarded in 1994.
The distillery's history begins in 1815. Donald and Alexander Johnston leased 1000 acres (250 hectares) from the laird of Islay a few years earlier to raise cattle and planted barley for feed. By 1815 – on the official founding of the distillery – the pair had gained a reputation for the whisky made from their surplus crop, using a local water source low in minerals but soft and peaty. It had soon become more profitable to distill whisky.
The neighboring Lagavulin distillery played a prominent role in Laphroaig's history during the 19th Century. By the 1880s Lagavulin's owners were buying around half of the production of Laphroaig for their blended whisky.