57,5°
Distillery : Laphroaig - Islay
Refill Hogshead
Independent Bottling
By Elixir Distillers
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2025
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Peated around 43 ppm
There are four 11-year-old Laphroaigs distilled in 2014 and bottled in 2025 by Elixir Distillers, so it is important not to confuse them. Two are produced in tribute to whisky retail websites, Whisky Galore and Fassstark.de, one is available for general sale, and this one is reserved for the French market through the Collection Itinéraires, created by La Maison du Whisky for the Whisky Live Paris 2025. Only 359 bottles are available for sale, after 11 years and 2 months of ageing. Maturation in Refill Hogshead casks guarantees a pure distillate.
Let's Taste It :
Fuel oil and iodine, limestone and chalk, medicinal notes, earthy and muddy peat, reeds, chives, peppermint. A generous zest of lemon, a few mirabelle plums and a floral note, crystalline vanilla, jasmine and rose Turkish delight. On the palate, it is supple, lychee juice, slivered almonds, on thick peat, modelling clay, coarse salt, soot, ashes and pungent spices, cloves, cumin, black pepper. The finish is long, explosive, oily, full of coal and salt, but also oily, shortbread biscuits, grapefruit, dark chocolate and liquorice, sleet, pebbles.
In Short,
A truly representative Laphroaig, it has everything we love about this distillery, but with a certain finesse that softens its aggressiveness and makes it more subtle. Anyone who likes this profile will be delighted, but it's nothing brilliant either, as it's not particularly expressive on the palate. The nose and finish, on the other hand, are perfect. The price is reasonable, and now I wonder why I didn't buy it.
Score : 89
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