Laphroaig Oak Select 2025 Release Single Malt Whisky

Laphroaig Oak Select 2025 Release Single Malt Whisky

Part of the Cask Collection from Laphroaig, The Oak Select Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky, a mellow Scotch with balanced and complex flavour. Oak Select expression was created from hand-selected single malts aged in Oloroso sherry butts, first-fill ex-bourbon quarter casks and Pedro Ximénez sherry hogsheads at different levels of maturation. Finished in virgin American oak barrels. 

    Nose:    Forward peat smoke followed quickly by ripe red fruits.

    Taste:    Sweet at first, followed by peat smoke and dashes of ash and seaweed.

    Finish:   Long finish with lingering floral notes. Touches of marzipan and lim.

Sometimes referred to as the most richly flavoured of all Scotch whiskies, Laphroaig is one of the most iconic island distilleries. With its smoky and iodine flavours, Laphroaig embodies the Islay identity.
Although the exact etymology isn’t known, Laphroaig is said to mean “broad hollow by the bay” in Gaelic. This references its location, a small basin on Islay’s southern coast. However, it officially operated under the business name of D. Johnston & Co throughout most of its history after Donald and Alexander Johnston, who in 1815 founded their distillery on the island’s south coast.