
Duncan Taylor Octave 2004 Laphroaig 17 Year Old

Key Facts About This Single Malt Scotch
Bottler: Duncan Taylor
Range: Octave
Distillery: Laphroaig
Age: 17 years old
Distilled: 2004
Bottled: 2022
Region: Islay, Scotland
Spirit: Single malt scotch
Cask Type: Finished in a sherry octave for 9 months
Cask Ref: 5634019
Alcohol by Volume: 54.9%
Bottled: Natural colour and without chill filtration
Outturn: 85 bottles
Bottle Size: 700ml
Laphroaig 17 Year Old Tasting Notes
Nose: Big, punchy sherry notes. Antique wax-polished mahogany wood furniture. A touch of salty sea air. Some fruity notes underneath, strawberries dipped in chocolate, and pears studded with cloves poached in red wine.
Palate: Initially soft and gentle, but then everything kicks off with a bang. Pipe smoke, rich sherry, lashings of fruit, sun-dried Muscat grapes, dark plums. Very concentrated and rich, oily on the palate.
Finish: Great length. The rich fruity sweetness continues. The peat fades away gently. Very rich and intense. A cracker of a cask.
About this Duncan Taylor Octave
This is a 17 year old Laphroaig distilled in 2004. Duncan Taylor moved the whisky into a small sherry octave cask for a nine month finishing period. These small casks (around 60 litres) have a big impact on flavour. And being a small cask, it only produced 85 bottles of this very exclusive whisky.
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We deliver to Australia, Canada (Alberta), China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, UK, US (certain states*), and Vietnam.
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