Spicy, mouth watering and salivating. Nutmeg, cloves. Medium and dry finish with lots of chocolate and toffee, still rich smoke, bitter herbs, fresh plums and apricots. Be one of the first to get your hands on a bottle of Cirdeas 2022! Very good at the start, but somehow looses its punch if it stays too long in the glass. Nose with a certain breadth, and a freshness due to red fruits. Given that its hard to justify, at least to me, the cost/quality ratio. Distillery managers are also becoming more academic. Ben Bracken 16 Year Old and Lagavulin 16 Year Old are they siblings? with water: now it really starts, the contrast is even stronger because the peat now shows these tar notes in the nose and the sweetness of the finish barrels is even better, Typical Laphroaig peat with seaweed, salt and iodine, ordinary vanilla and then the red fruit sweetness of the port and wine barrels, especially wild strawberry, and red currant stand out, but always overwhelmed by new peat waves, an eternal struggle between red sweetness and strong peat. Sweet. These conditions apply to the use of this website of Whiskybase.com. Unsubscribe at any time. Reasonable; interesting, but not as tasty as previous years and slightly out of balance. The smoke can now be clearly felt and lingers along with a slight spiciness of oak and cappuccino. Cask Details: Triple Matured Ex-Bourbon Barrel followed by Quarter Casks followed by European Oak Perdo Ximenes Hogsheads. A inviting nose of light peat, iodine, vanilla, and grapes. Medium-long finish, with a clearly dry and smoky finish. Lingering notes of caramelized, charred fruits. Laphroaig fully matured in ex-bourbon barrels before being "artfully married together" for a second maturation in Madeira seasoned traditional hogsheads. Access to over 2.4 million ratings and reviews, More than 200.000 bottles available from retailers around the world, The most trusted source of factual bottle information available. Laphroaig unveils latest Cairdeas bottling. I gave up on following the Cairdeas after the 2016 edition. I particularly appreciate how it is consistently available, relatively affordable and reliable (often much, much better) dram. These new features are exclusively available on our site, and just in time for the holidays. 110 users have left 117 reviews If you're a fan of rather savoury whiskies that boast heavy wafts of TCP, smoked meats and sea breeze, this is one you need to pay attention to. An enigma. Sea seasoning with iodine. Redcurrant, blackcurrant, with a little iodine and camphor. A lot has already been written about this bottling. If you're a fan of rather savoury whiskies that boast heavy wafts of TCP, smoked meats and sea breeze, this is one you need to pay attention to. For flavours of peat, smoke and sea salt that soar with bitter maritime character. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. It has a relatively oily viscosity and its bouquet is of relatively strong intensity. It's a match made in Islay. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. The prices quoted below are rough estimates, supported by some additional knowledge from the Laphroaig visitor centre. Rich but not overpowering and holding its strength well. Moderately complex. Uncoincidentally, its name is gaelic for friendship and it is launched at Fis le (the annual Islay Festival of Music and Malt) every year, the time when the distillery has more Friends visiting than at any other time. The sometimes contradictory aromas do not always run harmoniously next to each other, but like to cross each other's paths, but this only increases the fun in the mouth, as boredom is guaranteed. Bright sweet, with smoked plums and raisins, with warm smoke from a dying fire, with pepper. Please log in to your Friends of Laphroaig account. Laphroaig Whisky Distillery Laphroaig Cirdeas 2022 Warehouse 1 (70cl, 52.2%) Unfortunately, we can't ship Laphroaig Cirdeas 2022 Warehouse 1 to the United States at the moment, but we've got some friends who can. You can also feel the youth with a little pepper, but the alcohol is quite well integrated, Here too the interplay, first the intense red fruity sweetness and vanilla, then the peat comes with surprisingly strong intensity, the peat here goes very clearly towards tar, asphalt, iodine and a little cold ash, fairly long, rain-wet asphalt after a summer storm, strawberries, raspberries, coconut cream and heavily burned banana, a bit of bitter oak appears at the back. Any disputes arising out of the entrance or use of this website and/or the use of information derived from this website shall exclusively be submitted to and finally be resolved by the competent court in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Get the inside scoop on the latest & greatest whiskey releases in our daily newsletter. Water really helped but a super. A very successful Cirdeas bottling from Laphroaig. An excellent end from @clutc, Snowy out First @billyscoffeepics piccy in the, I like @o2sbe. 2010. Required fields are marked *. A really nice ''Laphroaig''. The alcohol is relatively well integrated and has a relatively heavy body. Cirdeas 2021 is triple matured in American oak ex-Bourbon barrels, followed by quarter casks and finally in European oak . Each year our Distillery Manager, John Campbell, crafts a limited edition malt to celebrate the Friends of Laphroaig and friendship ("Cirdeas" in Gaelic) in general. At first he seemed a little closed. Warming, smoke, iodine, salty and roasted nuts! The bottled whisky comes without any age statement, though. Alternating sweetness and saltiness. Enjoy responsibly - Visit drinksmart.com. Warehouse 1s rare four-storey construction, with varying levels of temperature and humidity, and exposure to rugged conditions tease out our enigmatic flavours and lend a maritime quality to the final whisky. Multi-element whisky finishes can get a little muddy, particularly when youve got more than two in the mix, but this Cairdeas does an impressive job of highlighting all three in the final product. Laphroaig launches 2022 Cirdeas edition 31 May 2022 By Nicola Carruthers Beam Suntory-owned Laphroaig has released the 2022 edition of its Cirdeas whisky to mark this year's Fis le. Founded in 1815, our legacy is defined by the dedication, craftmanship and kinship passed down by generations of masterful distillers. Dunnage-matured, first-fill ex-Makers Mark casks, 8yo. By clicking Sign Up, you agree to our Terms and Conditions and that you have read our Privacy Policy. Approximately 70. They are accompanied by dark red grapes, sultanas and figs. Where distillery manager roles are retained, they are increasingly focussed on operations rather than PR. In the mouth: Very oily, forceful spicy peat, juicy on the mid-palate, turning vegetal, then vanilla fudge, the finish leathery with a lasting spicy finish. We would never expect a bottle of Laphroaig to last a long time. The whole is very harmonious. Lagavulin 16 for example. Graham is at the consumer end of the whisky world; constantly seeking out a bargains and generally very cautious with his limited budget. Hard work initially, but definitely growing on me over time. A MUCH-ANTICIPATED MOMENT TO CELEBRATE FRIENDS OF LAPHROAIG Each year our Distillery Manager, John Campbell, crafts a limited edition malt to celebrate the Friends of Laphroaig and friendship ("Cirdeas" in Gaelic) in general. You get a generous fistful of points for each bottle purchase, so really any self-respecting Laphroaig fan should be on the Oak tier. Read the Laphroaig Responsibility Statement Learn more. On the nose: Berry fruitiness, gentle peat, red fruits remain, some caramel giving depth, baked oat biscuits, milk chocolate, cinnamon buns, and a pinch of clove, some cherrywood chips on the BBQ. 5 0. 59.5% ABV. When it comes to giving, no perfect gift is complete without thoughtful wrapping to match. For the full review go here: https://halbendrinks.de/2022/05/22/cairdeas/. Time will tell if Laphroaig retains the same joint role arrangement when they announce a replacement for John Campbell. The sweetness of fruit with the sweetness of vanilla. For 90 Id gladly buy a bottle. Very mild and warm and long finish. With water there was some more red fruit and more creamy. Please log in to your Friends of Laphroaig account. Atom Supplies Limited, Unit 1 Ton Business Park, 2-8 Morley Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1RA, UK. I have a special place in my heart for Laphroaig and have been consistently and happily purchasing their Cairdeas range. Rich, phenolic peat smoke with sun-warm tar cardboard, with "crisp", well-hung seaweed, Hansaplast, dried fish - must be a laphi Starts on the tongue with some force, but is velvety and creamy at the same time. On the nose: Baked madeira cake crust, butter caramel, gingerbread, spun-sugar, gentle subtle smoke, churros, apricot jam. Nice Laphroaig with the dark portfruits and berry grapes, as well as the mothball aroma that I love so much about Laphroaig. The smell of fresh shellfish mixes with the salty sea air, seaweed and algae. To bring you this article I was fortunate to buy into a bottle split of each of the expressions. I have slightly sour notes on my nose. On the nose: Prickly peat, clean crisp spirit, dry vanilla, chalky and ashy, white fruit and apricot, dry smoke and light honey. A rich and peaty Scotch whisky that exudes complex flavours and smokiness, Laphroaig's Cairdeas Fino Cask is a refreshing alternative to their usual offerings. The good thing about this cirdeas: you can still clearly taste its origin, which means that it has a lot of advantages over some UA bottlings. In the mouth: Sweet fruit syrup, toasted sugar, slight BBQ char, and then spicy peat, brandy snaps, big bold bonfire smoke, salty and drying on the finish. The use of hyperlinks to (any page of) the website of Whiskybase B.V. is only allowed with prior written consent of Whiskybase B.V.. Whiskybase B.V. will not allow any hyperlink to (any page of) her website if the content, image or reputation of the host website is irreconcilable with the name, reputation, services or products of Whiskybase B.V. or the content of this website, in the opinion of Whiskybase B.V. 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It's unlike 2015 and the other releases that don't focus on unique maturation casks like a wine finish or quarter cask, and it's a refreshing show of Laphroaig's ability to make delicious things with the space and tools they have already. New Whiskies 31 May 2019 Fis le 2019 Official Bottlings. Laphroaig Cairdeas Fis le 2020 Port & Wine Casks, Release price in Germany was 92.90 Plus mandatory 5.90 shipping fee. With our new bottle engraving and gift wrapping, the gift of Laphroaig has leveled up. Bold, unique, and uncompromising: A bottle of Laphroaig is a truly thoughtful gift. We won't post to any of your accounts without asking first. Well integrated alcohol, a tiny bit of water opens up the aroma a lot. Im confident that a distillery manager designing a long running range of whiskies such as the Cirdeas is fairly unusual, and set to become more-so as the industry pivots to incorporate more Master Blender roles. 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