Named"Best 10 Year Old and under Scotch"in Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2019 and awarded a Gold Medal at the International Spirits Challenge 2018. The stalwart Laphroaig 10 Year Old is one of those benchmark whiskies that deserves a place in every drinks cabinet. The claim on the bottle that this is"the most richly flavoured of all Scotch whiskies"may seem like a bold one, but few would argue with it. Pronounced'la-froyg', this muscular malt positively ripples with peat-burning kiln fires, seaweed, TCP, kippers, tar, crashing waves, lemon juice, stewed pear, smoked peppercorns, bonfires and mango liquorice. Add a drop of water and it reveals a more velvety vanilla ice cream character. Distillery Manager John Campbell - who was born a mile and half from Laphroaig and has occupied practically every role at the distillery at some point - has created an exceptional 10 Year Old. It gets the royal approval from King Charles, Norwegian Wood author Haruki Murakami is a fan, and Dame Judi Dench's character Barbara in Notes on a Scandal is seen sipping on a Laphroaig 10 Year Old. It would be scandalous if it was missing from your collection, wouldn't it?