Williamson 2013 Càrn Mòr Strictly Limited 9 yo b. 2023

 

 

 

47,5°

Distillery : Laphroaig - Islay 

Bourbon Hogshead 

Independent Bottling 

By Morrison Scotch Whisky Distillers

Limited Edition 

Single Malt 

Bottled in 2023

Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured

Peated around 43 ppm 

Morrison and MacKay, which became Morrison Scotch Whisky Distillers in 2021, bought a large number of casks from Laphroaig distilled in 2013. To date, they have produced 6 such bottlings, between 2021 and 2023, all named Williamson at the distillery's request and as a tribute to the woman who ran the distillery between 1954 and 1972. 2 are cask strength, and 4 are reduced, and of these 4, only one was bottled in 2023. The others are more difficult to distinguish. This one is a blend of 5 Boutbon Hogsheads that produced 1,798 bottles.

Let's Taste It : 

Right away, beautiful medicinal peat and limestone, betadine, bandages, coarse sea salt, sea foam and seaweed, sea breeze, iodine, kelp, star anise. Crushed white fruits, plums, yellow apples. Oysters, buttery vanilla, gravel. The palate is velvety and maritime, with a fine layer of peat, seafood, scallops and boutargues, custard and mirabelles, measured spices, pepper and cumin. On the finish, clove, bark, charcoal, upside-down ashtray, gypsum and quartz, mint leaf. Almonds.

In Short, 

A concentrate of Laphroaig, a beautiful peat that is at once medicinal, mineral and maritime. An intense experience, where you feel all the telluric vibrations of Scotland. And with that, the price is acceptable, it's worth it.

Score : 88

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                           To Be Listened While Sipping :

 

                                           Ghost Cop - Trouble