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It's actually more kind of a good leather and not the sulphury kind of (like sweaty socks) but it's a bit too much

Basically it’s a Laphroaig 10 which I like with added sherry notes, I think it really adds something to it, I like it

For someone like me, who counts Laphroaig to his favorite distilleries and who prefers to see his Dram Laphroaig matured in an ex-Bourbon barrel, this comrade takes some getting used to. The color is too dark, the smell too strange, the taste too sweet. Laphroaig and ex-bourbon barrels, a connection as sure as a rain shower on Islay when you are about to set off for the American Monument. The development towards sherry barrel-aged Laphroaig is only logical, however, if you look at the countless UA who pimp their South Islay Coast purchases with heavily soaked sherry barrels. The last Cairdeas was already under the influence of Port + Wine, the next Cairdeas will be a PX - why should only the UA throw something like that on the market (which demands it). In contrast to the undisclosed Islay smokers (who always only sausage Lagavulin), the sherry in the Laphroaig 10yo Sherry Oak does not look superimposed, but as if it belonged to it per se. If I think away from the "classic" Laphroaig flavors and the experiences I've had with Laphroaig so far (if this is possible at all), it still looks rather modern, but on a high level. "Objectively" an 88-point malt - subjectively I will certainly be able to enjoy myself. I just think of “Laphroaig” away, then it's okay.

Almost a session dram, but you'd get hammered as you'd keep returning to it. Very drinkable.

Dark, mahogany color. Oily structure.

Pretty neat, not too complicated, easy to drink, I would almost pass for a port cask

Smoke, cucumbers, sea salty and iodine tones, soot, and sweet tones of dried fruits try to break through this.

Laphroaig Sherry Oak not only matures in both bourbon and sherry casks. The malt then receives an additional Oloroso sherry finish in European oak casks.

86-90 – Wow, really good one, need a bottle

Good peatiness, richness, and citrus. Not bad. Same score as four years ago.

He's boring me a little. Solid, tasty, sherry peat. Neither monster nor particularly strong. I lack character, strength, Laphroaig. So it's a good dram, but nothing more. You don't have to chase after that, in my opinion.

Aroma: smoky scent of peat, seaweed, tar and broadly unspecified medical aroma, sweet dates, almonds, black coffee, tobacco Taste: surprisingly sweet, with hints of salt, iodine, earthiness, vanilla, almonds, Conclusion: spicy and long - but sweet (new rating because I thought I had an error in the ratings)

- a very tasty malt from the island of Islay - significantly better than the standard 10 J. - tasty but the price of 60€ is too high => should be on par with the Quarter Cask in terms of price, so around €40 would probably be justified

...One may argue about the price, but I think Laphi has brought out a very good 10-year-old with a sherry cask finish. The 48.0% are good and he doesn't overwhelm anyone!

a very decent Laphroaig...

Soft, delicate smoky peat whisky, thin, polished phenolic strokes, allow, in addition to the main theme, to consider a decent palette of shades and midtones of the background in the totality that form a three-dimensional picture, among the shortcomings - slenderness and wateriness.

You can do it, but you don't have to, because the first time I tried it, it tasted like a somewhat botched PX Cask Laphi, and the second time it tasted like a smooth drinking Laphi à la Bowmore 15yo.

At the start, very spicy and tasty sherry, deep and fruity, more blackberries and blueberries than blackcurrants, and without any acidity. Then a smoky and tarry side sets in, it's humid, tropical. A thick peat with sea salt, iodized, spice it all up. Strawberries and raspberries crushed. Cranberries. Burgundy. At the end, we feel a medicinal touch. Marriage is quite effective. In the mouth, the peat is more present, but it remains very soft, the fruits dominate. Some spices grate the tongue. Loam and spongy earth, volcanic rock, lignite, iron filings, nails, tires and rubber. Coarse raw salt. Sufficiently long finish, in the same vein as the palate, where the fruits gradually fade away to give way to a black and oily earth. Then it's ashy, like licking the bottom of an ashtray. Tinplate in retro-olfaction. Finally, a slight acidity, on redcurrant. We are going to reassure the fans by confirming that it is excellent, the sherry is very round, deep and intense, the finish especially is very nice. https://ilikesky2020.blogspot.com/2021/05/laphroaig-10-yo-sherry-oak-finish.html

Someone decided to mock Laphroaig 10 and distort it in a strange way. The casks were clearly chosen in a strange way; perhaps paxarette? The taste is pleasing at first, but then a nasty (with its stupid sourness) aftertaste suddenly sets in. N:22 T:22 F:20 B:20

A very pleasant Islay Single Malt, great for leisurely sipping on a summer afternoon. The alcohol is completely undetectable, lots of sweetness and pleasant smoky fumes.

Nice and at the same time unusual to enjoy a Laphroaig with such a strong sherry aroma, which also comes across as very original. An impressive bottling that looks older than 10 years.

I like it better than the standard 10. Very tasty. I only expected the smoke to be more present.

An extremely tasty and extremely gentle Islaymalt with a wonderfully fine fruity peat note! ... but unfortunately (except for the nose) this wonderful malt has little in common with a Laphroaig. In contrast to the normal 10 bottle, there is no taste of phenol, mineral smoke, seaweed and algae, and absolutely no comparison to the CS bottlings that I love; here I miss the campfire, the embers and the burnt wood. As already mentioned, a damn tasty malt, but not a typical Laphi for me!

I like it less than the current standard 10yo. I find the sherry influence to be inharmonious. It seems somehow artificial. It lacks the spice of the standard.

Solid Laphroaig

The normal Laphroaig power in connection with a sherry barrel - but somehow the spark doesn't want to jump over so completely despite this actually attractive combination.

Awesome sherry "smoky", with a good balance of sweet and sour berries, phenols and spices.

S 8 A well-designed dram to bridge the sherry cask lover into the world of heavily peated malt. Very smooth and complex. N 27 - Peat smoke - Very rich sherry nose - Deep, dark honey running behind - Coastal saltiness - Maple syrup and dark berries notes arise when left to breathe P 25 - Smoked meat - bonfire - Wood spice - Rich honey sweetness F 26 - Long finish - Peat smoke - Chargrilled meat with a touch of salt to season - Dark chocolate - Hint of dark fruit - Subtle mint lingering in the background

Blenders Glass. Nose: Nice combination of sherry and peat, although obviously young. For peat, grass, citrus, allspice. The light medicine typical of the lafs is present, but uncomplicated - good, but simple. 21 On the palate, woodiness and wateriness are well masked by peat. Again - good, but simple. 21 The finish is quite long, woody and sherry (smoked prunes, dates, figs) and peat. 22 Good, but simple - this is the motto of this drink. Summary: It's good to just have a drink while smoking a cigar or pipe, or roll in a company. B21 85

Nose: Very pleasant smoked sherry, medical vibes, iodine, very pleasant salty smoke, lots of leather, old leather furniture but also newly bought leather shoes or belt, grilled bacon, tobacco, cinnamon, campfire ashes, milk chocolate, lots of fruit: figs, cherries, plum jam, dried fruit. Taste: A hit of large salty smoke, combined with ashes from a freshly burned fire and hospital smells with iodine at the forefront, sweet caramel, bitter chocolate, raisins in brine, smoked plum, forest fruit marmalade, pleasantly salty, sea salt combined with salty nuts, under the nose, some leather and wet tobacco, some spices and old astringent wood, herbs. Finish: Bitter chocolate and heavily salty smoke, spicy, medium long, salty, leathery, tobacco, burnt caramel, herbs.

The combination of Oloroso-Sherry influence and Laphroaig smoke works for me! Sweet dram.

Nice one really, just would prefer little bit less smoke at the palate.

The sherry influence is strong. More on the fruity side on the nose, very sweet on the palate. The smoke has little intensity and is no longer Laphroaig-like. In my opinion, the malt lacks character and expressiveness - 07/10/2021

For me personally a very tasty whisky, even if the strong sherry aromas let the distillery character take a back seat. You are welcome to buy more.

nice complexity on the nose, there is something of everything here... the smoke is sweet and greasy. More spice in the taste, sherry aromas come through, but are not too extreme and bring a nice complexity. [86 - 82 = good whisky -> get (second) bottle? Maybe...] a really good malt, but unfortunately too expensive from my point of view (Feb 2022)... well, everyone has to decide for themselves.

Typical Laphroaig (medicinal smoke) but somewhat "muted" by the sherry but lots of blueberries and cherries. In addition, a note of meat directly on the grill. The Laphroaig note is clearer in the mouth, but it is super supported by the fruity sweetness. Which harmoniously rounds off the entire mouthfeel!

It is of medium viscosity and its bouquet is of relatively strong intensity. I have aromas of intense peat smoke, dark fruits, raisins, nuts, maritime notes, leather and tobacco. Relatively flat. A good balance between sweetness and dryness in terms of taste. The alcohol is relatively well integrated and it has a relatively heavy body.

Dangerously tasty! What are 10 cl :-D On the second sip, the association with the PX cask quickly disappears. Significantly more settled and mature. I'll go a little further and say that this malt even comes close to a 15 year old.

very good to 48 percent

A perfect balance of peat and sherry This is a beautifully balanced peat-sherry combination. It perfectly showcases what Laphroaig can do with sherry casks. However, the palate feels a bit muted, which is slightly disappointing.

Not bad, Laphroaig smoke with sherry suits me. I just have the feeling that the otherwise great Laphroaig smoke falls victim to the sherry. He could have been a bit presenter throughout.

This is some good stuff! Laphroaig 10y on steroids! Yes! More ABV and more flavor. But also more tannins and bitters towards the end. Such a great playful nose with sweetness, leather and caramel; a great taste with kippery and maritime elements; but a finish that is less deep and more bitter than anticipated. Overall a beautiful whisky! Really one of my favorites!

I'm missing the typical Laphroaig smoke a little. However, I like the sweetness quite a lot. A very nice, pleasant, not entirely harmonious single malt. Just the thing for a snowy post-Easter Tuesday afternoon, like today. A highly recommended addition to the collection for Laphroaig fans.

Smoke, tar, wet rope, bandaid, cigarette ash, dried fruits, chocolate, malt, seaweed, honey, old leather, old books, oranges, pepper, caramel. Nice mouthfeel. A delicious, layered whisky.

Shares similarities with recently released presumably last batch of very dark Laphroaig Triple Wood but is distinctly more Laphroaig-y. Good bottling strength, but could be a notch fuller from its mouth feel. Too expensive, 50 Eur max would be ok in my book.

Tasted on 09-08-2021.

“A fine and full-bodied single malt. Finished in sherry oak casks to layer aromatic honey onto our famous peat smoke. Slàinte.​ Unforgettable flavours from our classic 10 Year Old whisky find harmony with the sweetness and complexity of Oloroso sherry to create Laphroaig® 10 Sherry Oak. Finished in European sherry oak casks for a particularly memorable single malt.​ ​ This unique expression begins with the same time-honoured process that goes into our regular 10 Year Old Laphroaig®. After drawing rich character from ex-Bourbon barrels, the spirit then rests in casks previously filled with sweet Oloroso sherry. Each barrel is hand selected to add extra complexity to our quintessential single malt. It’s what layers notes of Manuka honey and grilled bacon onto our renowned flavours of peat smoke and seaweed.” Overall this is a very good expression from Laphroaig. It mixes heavy smoke with sherry quite well. It also has a 10 yo age statement which is always nice to see. However I think the price is a bit high. For 10 euros less it would be a perfect purchase. But even so this is a good purchase, an enjoyable whisky. I will score it 87 / 100. A solid whisky that you should buy and enjoy at your own pace. Buy it, try it. Drink responsibly.

Great in the nose, unfortunately this promise is not quite kept

First of all, I totally enjoy the color of it. I rarely pay attention to the color of whiskies, but this one is really pleasant looking. In general, I find this somewhat more successful than regular 10 y.o., but they are just different and are for different occasions and moods. I will still drink regular 10 y.o. with pleasure. There are days when you just don't want this sweetness in your whisky

A really good dram for an affordable €50-60. Very pleasant fruity notes on the nose with raisins, spices and leather combined with campfire smoke. On the palate it reveals its 10 years compared to the Laphi PX. No medicinal smoke and seaweed influences, as with other Laphi's, but balanced sherry notes with tobacco, red fruits and forest honey. Everything nicely integrated into the smoke. The 48% give the dram its power. Great!! Departure of medium length with gentle oak and smoky notes. Price-performance victory over others

In direct comparison with the PX I prefer the 10YO Sherry. All in all a successful Laphroaig, my favorite is and remains the 10YO Cask Strength, and I reserve the place on the shelf for that, so I didn't buy the 10YO Sherry.

Smell: sweet smoked roast, sweet soy sauce, caramel, raisins, dried red berries, high sweetness, the expression of sherry barrel is dominant, and the peaty feeling is eye-catching. Entrance: It is not very peaty, and the alcohol is suppressed very well. Standard sherry flavor, sweet and sour. But also a little sour and bitter. Aftertaste: The bitterness is obvious, peaty, herbal, the bitterness lasts not too short, and the aroma is not obvious. If it is a thing in the early 400s, then there is no problem. It is purely sick to speculate so high (currently 600+ yuan).

2021-03-30: somewhat similar to Triple Wood

This is exactly how I imagine a combination of sherry and smoke to smell. The taste was less smoky than expected, but for the stated price it is still a clear recommendation. Edit: The bottle was emptied today, there's one last little dram for me. It's even improved a little over time. The leather note became more dominant, the sherry remained very dark and the Laphroaig-typical sticking plaster smokiness increased again. I'm increasing it by one point and giving it an impressive 88 points. And I'll buy it again at the next opportunity.

Nice Laph with well-integrated sherry notes.

Ok, it’s what you might expect if you have a sherry cask rendition from Laphroaig, no obvious faults, a good marriage however lacks something to make it stand out. The cask influences seems a bit safe, to ensure you don’t lose the Laphroaig character. Good but left me asking for more.

Laphroaig Sherry Oak Finish 48%. I bought the first bottling of this immediately upon release without trying it first, on the basis that I think sherry cask finished Laphroaig simply works. Reviewed Dec 2021. Very dark. Two tone cognac brown. If this is naturally coloured then the pope is protestant. Aroma is initially hammy, gammon, dusty, some tired oak, quite muted though. Taste is coffeeish, randomly, like a vaguely fruity coffee, moving to burnt notes. The Laphroaig medicinal character is almost absent. I might not have called Laphroaig in a blind tasting here - maybe even if someone had told me it was South Islay. Some clove. Some strawberry. It is an okay dram. Perfectly fine. Quite well-balanced. It has an above-average flavour profile. Not wonderful but good and bottled at a good abv. No real complaints from me but the standard 10 has a better flavour profile and independent bottlings would tend to be better than this (albeit more expensive). Solid though, and I can't complain too much at the £65 asking price. I would have saved money by waiting, and my interests would have been better served by sourcing a sample of this and buying another bottle of CS, but I will still happily drink this. 3.5/83.5

A real surprise! I wouldn't have believed Laphroaig would actually be able to bottle this kind of quality nowadays. Unusual sherry notes like lovage, wormwood and angostura showcase real complexity. Combine this with a big and rich body and a really long finish, and you get what is almost 90 points material. Only almost, because the nose flattens immensly after the very first sip. This is certainly a 'supercharged' Laphroaig because of it's secondary sherry maturation but it's key notes are still clearly perceivable, and it's got excellent balance and length. More Laphroaig like this, please! One dram note.

It’s a good whisky, but I don’t think it’s a great one. The nose is delicious and fairly balanced, but the sherry really takes over on the sip. It’s a bit unfortunate for this whisky that my recent point of comparison is the 2021 PX-cask Cairdeas. That whisky was about as sweet as this one, but had much more savoury and smoky depth. I don’t think this is as good as Triple Wood, either.

Its a nice one. You definitely taste a lot of the sherry cask, which works well with the typical Laphroaig smoke. 48% ABV is okay, but actually cask strength would have been a lot better.

Fair quality to the price, significant sherry and ashy nosing Palate is kind of brown sugar sweet taste, wood taste more ashy. Comfirt drinking.

not the peat you can expact...there is better Laphroaig out there. If that shall be the new Triple Wood...I refuse to buy it

Yes, it's nice, but I'm not really excited about it. Tastes too little like Laphroaig for me and too much like 08/15 smoker from the sherry wet barrel. I think the current 10 series Talisker can do that just as well for half the money.

I wanted to love this but there is a heat in the finish that really drags down the whole event. It’s not overly sherried, which I really appreciate. It isn’t terribly complex but overall this is a nice, richer variation of the standard 10-year old, so I guess I would say, mission accomplished! I have a second bottle for the bunker, and I’m glad I do. Retasted as a part of The Whisky Show Advent Calendar 2024: WOW, what a difference. No heat in the finish at all, and the richness is dialed up a notch. I feel like this makes so much more sense now, not sure why the full bottle never showed this well.

Smoky and sherry; smoked and spicy; deep and juicy; a bit sweet for Laphroaig.

This is a dark, rich, luxurious whisky. A leather armchair smoking a cigar in a study sort of whisky. Cigars (tobacco, smoke, and ash), leather, coffee, raisins, fig newtons, cookie dough, elastics, and caramel ice cream. Of all my Laphroaigs, I've been drinking this one the most.

All the better for not being great? I know, sounds stupid but bear with me. The thing is, it’s very easy to get causing up chasing the next best dram, searching for illusive smells and tastes and decrying this rare bottle or that limited edition release to be mana from heaven, peated or sherried ambrosia but a lot of the time, at least for me, the real moments of joy are when you can switch off, pour a few fat fingers of a decent scotch and just enjoy the moment. You see, it’s like being an art critic, or any other critic. The joy is always being tempered with a multitude of other things, expectations, biases, intellectual or distillery snobbery, even peer pressure and the pressure to conform to the latest take from online influencers. It’s easily done once you start going down the whisky rabbit hole things change, you can lose your way and in the dark, just like that funny looking little chap with his precious ring, you change. Maybe not to such a degree though. So going back to basics or finding your centre or just getting your head out your arse is important to do once in a while and, for me, it’s good whisky (note note great) that does it for me. It takes away the pressure to be endlessly impressed by this or that and let me just drink and enjoy the drink. No strings attached. It’s liberating. And here we are with this bottle. On the nose and it’s recognisably Laphroaig. There’s a medicinal peat, seashore, a little camphor, some smoked seaweed and brine. A bit of preserved lemons but only a drop and then a little pine sap, old leather and then is dunked in sherry. Nutty, brown and a little backbone of orange oil, balsamic and a little menthol note. It’s not a massive nose. There better. But it’s very cosy and easy. Not too much of this or that. In the mouth and the arrival of good, sweet sherry slides quickly into peat and iodine and salt and liquorice and ash. A little citrus note and more salt and peat smote. A toffee note, Everton mints spring to mind. It get progressively more salty and medicinal but the sherry holds its hand all the way down the lane with a sticky toffee thrown in for good measure, but it is the salinity and the medicinal sticking plasters that dominate in the end. It’s all just right. This is the kind of whisky that you can put on a table between friends and just use it to lubricate an evening and it will. It will pass you by and you’ll have a great time. In the same way you could drink it in a pub and have a great night because the whisky would not be the star and sometimes that’s what good whisky needs to be. Just good. Because good means it’s not the centre of attention and that can be rather marvellous in itself.

Cool! A worthy alternative to the classic 10. Mega aromatic, drinkable) Not to say that it is better than the basic 10, let's say it is cool in its own way.

If you look at the color, you immediately think of the typical wet sherry casks these days. But unlike other bottlings, the Laphroig's hyper-dominant casks didn't manage to complete the distillate with sherry flavors. The typical smoke and the spicy notes can assert themselves in the nose and in the taste. But you definitely get a strong counterpart with the sherry maturation. The nose is very appealing, I really like the combination of the dark sherry aromas with the Laphi style. in the mouth it becomes sweeter than expected. The sherry aromas are also present here. But the herbs and the maritime touch are also there.

n: oloroso sherry, smooth, flowers, bubble gum, smoke, hint of coconut, little peat, banana, red fruit, caramel, vanilla, bacon, hint of tobacco t: fruit, apples, peat, sweet, so smooth a: earthy, peat, wet bonfire, sweet, tobacco, coffee, caramel

For me a failed bottling. Much worse and completely different in taste than the "PX cask" travel-retail bottling and also completely different and significantly worse than the "triple wood" bottling, which is unfortunately no longer available. A disappointment. The distillery character and the typical aroma structure of Laphroaig is no longer as recognizable as a "friend of Laphroaig" would like and the barrel influence is strong, but in this bottling it simply does not harmonize with the malt that is filled into the barrels became. Laphroaig succeeded best in combining their typical malt with "exotic barrels" in my opinion with the "Brodir" series, which had been stored in port wine barrels. Unfortunately also discontinued. Against the background of the disappointment, my 83 points are benevolent.

A good whisky that should not be missing in a collection. I would buy it again, but the price should drop a bit.

The distinct character of Laphroaig is well complemented by the influence of the sherry finish. However, the dominant character is still undeniably "Laphroaig" rather than the sherry. If you're a fan of Laphroaig, there's no reason not to buy this.

Good Laphroaig with a sherry finish, without water it is too fresh and woody for me, water is good for it and it finds its way back to its origins, the sherry does not appear artificial but rather subtle. I would have liked less fresh wood and a little more fruit, but I would highly recommend it as an accompaniment to a cigar.

A well - balanced, easy drinking Laphroaig

Big step up from the more recent bottlings of the standard 10yo. This one evolves and got better the further I got down the bottle. A nice, harmonious blending of sherried sweetness and the medicinal, oily Laphroaig peat.

Color: I actually only know Laphroaig a lot lighter. I have no idea whether it is the sherry barrel influence or whether the still has helped with coloring Nose: The whisky is cold. Fresh from the packing station. Still a wonderful Laphroaignase. Smoky, iodic, somewhat ashy, tobacco, cherry, slightly sweet, zero alcoholic. Everything is very fine, not brutal. I like it. Mouth: Wow - it pushes hard, full ashes, sweet on the tip of the tongue, then more dry than sweet, then switches back again. Dark fruity. After the sip, the nose has hardly any smokiness (as is so often the case with Laphroaig and me), no burning, tarry. All in all, I would think full Islay ;-) Finish: stays in the mouth for a long time. Becomes dry and woody. Burned oak. Cold ashtray. Conclusion: For friends of smoky Islay whisky and for every Laphi friend a must, I would think. I find it round and sufficiently complex. Nice interplay between sweet and dry, sufficient fruitiness and fat Laphroaigaschigkeit. Appropriately trained nerds will probably get a lot more flavors out of here. But that is (for me) not an Islay copy, but the full Islay broadside. But not brutal, but nicely round and balanced. But you have to like the strong Laphroaig taste. After a few sips, the nose is completely detached from the smokiness containing iodine. What remains is a fruity, floral, sherry barrel-ripened fragrance with delicate smoky notes in the background. If it was undiluted, I would give it 89 points. An Islay connoisseur might give him more (or less). PS Still in the mouth after 30 minutes. I'll go brush my teeth ;-)

The 48% are pleasantly involved. Only a slight sweetness comes through from the sherry because the medicinal smoke is so dominant. With the water there is also a little vanilla.

Nose: heavy and tasty; medicinal notes and iodine, mineral; dying embers and old smoke; berries, baked apples with vanilla sauce and brown sugar; slightly floral notes Palate: medicinal notes and iodine; alcoholic and slightly watery; berries, vanilla, some baked apple; cold smoke Finish: medium and dry; medicinal notes and iodine; cold smoke and dying embers; slightly berry; slightly alcoholic Evaluation: the nose is great, the rest fits, but can't keep up with the nose - no revelation, but a fully solid standard with the (for me) typical Laphroa notes (medicinal, iodine, smoke) plus nice sherry accents (berries and baked apple) . I'm really curious how the Cairdeas will turn out this year. 65 € do not have to be for this one here, but it is also not badly invested 6/10 or 87/100

85+ I know I am the millioneth person saying this, but here it goes: the Laphroaig house style really goes well with some good sherry cask maturation/finish. I would still like to see this type of maturation being done with, let's say, 5-10% of the 10 CS stock and see if it works. Needs no water at all, but it does not suffer from a reduction to about 45%.

We have a slightly above average Laphroaig here! I would say it's a “doped” 10 with real power and thrust. Or a quarter cask with complexity (sherry flavors). Laphroaig likes to bottle whisky at 48%. The typical Laphroaig flavors break through, like with the Quarter Cask. This Laphroaig is on the medicinal side (smokiness), not the ashy. Here the smoke is carried by a dark fruit. Most likely it is ripe churches and otherwise indistinguishable ripe fruit. The fruit got too close to a campfire. The finish is medium to long with a spicy dryness. The smoke remains. I don't like this one as much as my beloved 16'er, although of course there are two completely different orientations of Laphroaig. You can spend around € 60 for this. 50 € would be fair! This shouldn't be the first Laphroaig for beginners! I can't find any marking on the bottle for a possible color, as can be found on the normal 10'er, a quarter cask and the disused 18'er that are in my closet. It's the same with the 16'er. Therefore one can speculate about a coloring. But it is very dark, which is why I would bet on a color. It has "only" 10 years and after damp barrels, which can quickly bring color to the whisky, it does not taste good.

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In the world of whisky, there is always a lot of criticism and (often justified) moaning about prices. It seems that the South Islay distilleries in particular can no longer please anyone. Praise is therefore rare. With this bottling, however, you have to give Laphroaig credit for managing to really convey one of the most popular flavour profiles (heavily peated "dark" sherry) at a fair price of currently €55-80. All of this with a 10y. Age Statement and 48% ABV. I am satisfied, for one. I will definitely buy it again. A great daily dram that is really good to sip. Hopefully it will stay with us for a while longer.

NOSE Sherry, copper, cinnamon, malt, smoke, nuts, citrus peels, plastic and touch herbal and inky/iodine. This is a deep dark aroma that aligns a bit on the metallic side. PALATE Sherry, copper, cinnamon, graham, smoke, nuts, citrus peels, plastic and touch herbal and inky/iodine. They’re nearly identical in profile, but there’s a combination of notes on the palate that reminds me of Cinnamon Toast Crunch… I haven’t had that in 20+ years. FINISH Long -> Smoke, herbal spice, sherry, copper, dried fruit and saline.

Very big disappointment. This need to soften the Laphroaig to make it more accessible to palates around the world is worrying. He's sweet, too sweet. The peat is confused, the degree is there to give a wow effect but which does not hold on a weak finish. The lack of mastery of aging is quite striking, and the game with multiple finishes does not bode well for the future. Laph 'will become a standard product, without soul or flavor except to fall into the panel of the dastardly.

Sherry is not friendly with peat. Release too heavy. I want more balance.

The sherry is not heavy handed, adds without detracting from the 10 year old peat monster

Laphroaig is definitely good and most importantly not standard. Isla in combination with sherry is almost always a win-win! 10 Sherry is neither complicated nor very deep, but tasty and charismatic.

Red fruit jam, licorice, slightly woody and typical smoke from Laphroaig.

Leather, wax, smoked lard and other smoked products, coal, fire, burnt wood, oak bark, dusty old furniture, dry leaves, tobacco, laurel, black tea, spices, figs, walnuts, hazelnuts, red pepper, iodine, tablet, menthol.

while I can see the appeal of a sherried Laphroaig, it's not for me. Laphroaig smoke and sherry influences do not seem to be very well integrated to me. It's not bad whisky, I'd just rather have the regular 10 or quarter cask ones.

In short: dry red wine, smoke and ash, plum in chocolate. I am very surprised that this whisky is better than Springbank 15 yo. Yummy!

aroma: pleasant, prunes, dark chocolate, raisins, burnt rubber, peat, caramel, coffee, molasses, medicinal notes, salt, dates, sweet tobacco good aroma 86 taste: wow, how good, caramel, peat, dark burnt sugar, rum, coffee liqueur, dark dried fruits, licorice? Minimally medicinal peat, dark chocolate with salt, roasted nuts, leather 87 Finish: towards long, coffee candies, caramel, leather, iodine, a little medicinal peat, dark chocolate 87 Very drinkable pleasant whisky

Finally, an upgrade for the standard, flat, 40% 10 y.o. You may call this release as Laphroaig 10 distillers edition. Sherry is not well integrated but does not ruin anything. It’s more like a new approach… that is not disappointing, nor exciting.

Sherry influence is strong and bold. But, the whisky is lack of true Laphroaig’s character and depth. This 10yo Sherry Finish is “designed and distilled to sell”. And don’t be fooled by the colour, it’s E150A.

80 / 100 Delicious

Aroma: hazelnut, sweet smoke, meat with ketchup in sweet and sour sauce, railroad ties, resin, minerality, bonfire Taste: dense with bitterness, smoke and resin are not felt, but they are there Aftertaste: warm, soft, pleasant and long lasting Balance: good 22; 21.5; 22; 21

Smell: medium to full bouquet, unusually greasy, bacon, barbecue, grill smoke, sweet base, fat note of leather and tobacco, very dense, very subtle. Cherry tones in the background, with further ventilation bicycle tube and talc, according to coal / briquette Taste: dense and spicy, dark and sweet basic tone of sherry, dark chocolate, the medicinal component is practically completely absent, German. Bitter note, which is immediately buffered away by the sherry sweetness, black pepper, medium-sized. Reverberation in which for the first time the alcohol subtly flashes through Color: tawny, narrow WR, clear, almost unbelievably dark for a Laphroaig Conclusion: by Laphi standards, downright fat in the nose, German. sweeter than all Laphroaigs tasted so far, and the color does the rest of the brief disorientation, that it all goes together is beyond question, whether it still transports the expected character is questionable ....

Very peaty, little bit of sherry. Sweetness peat, smoke. Salt and pepper. Really solid with long finish. Good choice for peat fanatics.

Good whisky. 48% alcohol definitely suits her.

The sherry influence comes across as being too artificial and synthetic in taste which then ruins the whole Laphroaig experience. The annual Cairdeas' do it much better in comparison.

Despite my love for Laphroaig and sherry, this release struck me as disappointing and utterly empty. Sure, there was a fairly characteristic sherry aroma at first, but it felt like it was under a layer of machine oil. Which isn't even bad, on the contrary it`s rather interesting. But that's it. The whisky failed to develop in depth aromas or develop in the glass. And then things get very sad. The taste is mediocre and disappointing. There's no intensity at all. I didn't notice any aftertaste at all. Considering how much I liked the base 10, which also failed to deliver a wow effect or excitement yesterday. Although I remember my wild, overwhelming delight at it initially. Perhaps I wasn't in the mood. Or maybe I just got spoiled. Because the differences between what I remember and what I tried yesterday are too radical. But based on what I tried yesterday, I'm giving this a rating.