Laphroaig Of. The Laphroaig Collection Triple Pack

Lot presentation

Laphroaig Of. The Laphroaig Collection Triple Pack

The wine

Three 33.33 cl bottles: -one Laphroaig 10 year old, the distillery classic since the 1950s-one Laphroaig quarter cask, introduced in 2004 for duty free markets then incorporated into the regular range; matured for five years then finished for seven months in a small quarter cask-one Laphroaig 10 year old Original Cask Strength, introduced in 1995 under the name “Straight from the wood”, now found in numbered batches.

About the Producer Laphroaig

Scotland, Isle of Islay. Distillery operational. Owner: Beam - Suntory

Few distilleries have inspired as much excitement among collectors as Laphroaig, and this with just a single expression of its single malt, the Laphroaig 10 Year Old. Nonetheless, since the end of WWII, it has released a large number of bottlings, each varying from one market to the next. Its heavily peated style has developed according to the barrels used for maturation (sherry/bourbon). Its ABV, varying from 40% to 60% for its cask strength bottlings, favours one characteristic of its profile over another. And yet, it is still the Laphroaig 10 Year Old and has been for 70 years and counting. This expression forms a collection of its own thanks to its numerous importers and labels, including Filippi Fausto to Bonfanti, Cinzano, R.H.Elsbach & Co and Carlton Import. Laphroaig is, however, also renowned for its outstanding vintages 1960, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980 and 1981 and versions aged 15 - 40 years. All in own, a world of its own.