Colour: Copper with some delicate dark gold hues.
Nose: No alcohol presence. It’s dirty in the profile, there are a lot of aerial and very farmy peat, medicinal notes, lemons with also a nice wood smoke in the background.
Mouth: The alcohol integration is very good and the texture is very thick. Fresh grapes, grape skins, noble wood, wood bitterness, a lot of camphor, iodine, raw leather, farmy peat but also aerial and coastal peat.
Finish: Mid-Long. It’s starting with a lot of raw leather slowly decreasing, brine, iodine, sea salt and the final lingering notes are one more time the noble wood dryness and the grape skin bitterness.

A very austere, dry and bitter profile for what I think is a Laphie. I enjoyed it a lot and I have to say that I expected some very round profile regarding the Montbazillac cask but in fact it’s just the opposite, well done!

Score: 89

Colour: Light gold.
Nose: No alcohol presence. it’s fresh, fruity and coastal. Fresh grape juice, white and yellow fruits, white paper, iodine, sea salt and hints of pineapples and passion fruits.
Mouth: The alcohol integration is perfect and the texture is oily. It’s fruity at first with a mix of acidic and round notes. Ripe mangoes, fresh pineapples, passion fruits, white pepper, sea salt, iodine, a lot of chalk and earthy notes and some notes of sea water hitting rocks.
Finish: A lot of chalk, iodine, rock covered of sea water and just hints of fruits in the background.

A very round and mineral profile, very monolithic and simple when I was hoping for more complexity but hey, it’s still very effective!

Score: 88