49,5°
Distillery Officially Unknown - Islay
Oloroso Sherry Butt and 1st Fill Bourbon Barrel
Independent Bottling
By Elixir Distillers
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2025
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Peated around 43 ppm
Still part of the extensive Macbeth collection launched in 2023 by Elixir Distillers on Livingstone's initiative, this 26-year-old native of the Isle of Islay is bound to attract attention. The result of combining an Oloroso Sherry Butt and a 1st Fill Bourbon Barrel, the blend yielded 750 bottles. I'm not going to pretend I don't know the name of the distillery, it's Laphroaig.
Let's Taste It :
Very woody sherry, very dry and herbal, angelica and dried herbs, red fruit coulis on rocky ground. Forest honey, pine needles, spongy leather and a few maritime notes, sea spray, seaweed, a pinch of salt. Mahogany bark studded with redcurrants. The peat is discreet, but I still find soot and charcoal. On the palate, it is oily, dried fruit, dates, raisins, blond tobacco, orange peel, pomegranate, blackberries. It is slightly aniseed, thyme, rosemary, a wide variety of spices, a bit peppery. The finish is dominated by peat, meaty, vaguely fruity, long and powerful, liquorice, tar, clods of dry earth.
In Short,
It should have been a great moment, and instead it was good, but I found a few flaws, a little too woody, not balanced enough. Probably just a passing bad feeling, because the reviews are generally very good for this bottle, but I'm not going to hide it either. I'd like to try it again to form a more definitive opinion, but for now, it's not a complete success.
Score : 89
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Renaissance - Can You Understand ?
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