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Auction: SFW07 - Independent Bottlers Single Malt Whisky and Rum Event
Lot: 11

Laphroaig 1987
Bottled in 2004 by Silver Seal
16 year sherry
70cl
46%
Color: pale amber
Nose: quite some sherry, with notes of rubber and roasted nuts that do not let the malt shine through too much at first nosing. It¡¦s soon to get quite leafy and earthy, with something distinctly medicinal now (iodine, embrocation). Hints of bitter caramel and chlorophyll, pu-erh tea, walnuts¡K Getting nicer and more complex by the minute. Quite some liquorice as well, shells, bitter oranges ¡K
Mouth: again lots of sherry and quite some roundness and sweetness but the balance between the sherry and the peat is now almost perfect. Lots of milk chocolate, bitter oranges, black pepper, something resinous, chlorophyll again, quite some tannins ¡K
Notes: and a big peat blast as a finale despite a medium long but almost perfect, smoky and earthy finish. An Interesting malt that needs your time and attention but that¡¦s not ungrateful.

Estimate
HK$3,500 to HK$4,500