Laphroaig 28 Year

Continuing my series of reviews of truly amazing whiskies till i reach the number 1000, here is my whisky critic #992, about the almighty Laphroaig 28 years old. Laphroaig, that crazy single malt that if you taste it blindfolded you might think someone gave you a tennis ball to eat. This incredibly old expression, was bottled at 44.4%abv, and if i begin thinking where i was 28 years ago, i was on 6th grade in primary school, so this whisky has been waiting most of my life for this moment, where i have the pleasure of drinking it. This one has been triple matured, in quarter casks, bourbon barrels and sherry butts. On the nose, crazy stuff. It starts with old oranges, but then it gave me something called "YAPINGACHO" which is an ecuadorian potato-based plate, basically it is a fried mashed potato with cheese inside. It smells like mashed potatoes. So crazy. Butter, honey. I am completely in shock, how can a whisky have an aroma of mashed potatoes, i just can get over it. After a couple of sips it became way more sherried, Sweet orange caramel. Grassy and "potatoey". So bold. On the palate it is delivious and elegant. Sherry, oranges, pepper. Quite sulphuric and sweet. Orange candy. Aftertaste is not complex but amazing. Cigarrettes, ashtray. Very ashy and lovely. Overall, this is exactly what i am looking for after 992 whiskies: new experiences. I was absolutely overwhelmed of the mashed potatoes note on the nose. Then it faded to release the peatiness and sherriness that you expect. A lovely, rare and delicious whisky that i don't see where can i deduct points. It is definitively what you expect from a Laphroaig matured for 28 years, my score for it is 100 over 100.

Probably one of the best whisky I’ve ever tasted! Mixt of light peat, sea salt, sweet vanilla. I was walking by the beach on Islay eating a vanilla apple pie and breathing the sea air filled with algies. There was a small peat fire nearby with some oak wood in it to start it up. We were smelling a hint of the smoke from that fire and feeling the heat on that cold automn day by the sea!

Evolves quickly. Nose in my first dram was more peaty while my second I noticed caramel and slight vanilla and less peat. Mellows out more after each dram. Palate is a bit musky and slight notes of oak, slightly sweet. It's well rounded and smooth. Finish is medium, slightly lingers and somewhat creamy.

Excellent mixture of earthy and sweet. Bit of a dank quality. Bit of chalkiness from sherry casks. Super long finish. Delightful!

sweet caramel nose caramel, honey, almonds, rubber peat, seawater, peat breeze finish

It’s magically delicious