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Laphroaig 40 Year Old
Distillery: Laphroaig
Region: Islay, Scotland
Type: Single Malt Scotch
Age: 40 years
Score: 94.6/100
Average Price: $145,000
Tasting Notes
Intense medicinal peat, iodine, seaweed, vanilla, dark chocolate, uniquely powerful.
Why It's Ranked #27
Laphroaig rarely releases expressions older than 30 years, making the 40-year-old an extraordinary exception. The distillery's famously polarising medicinal character develops extraordinary nuance over four decades.
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