Whisky review : Laphroaig Cask Strength Batch 003 (Jan 2011) bottled @ 55.3%

Whisky review : Laphroaig Cask Strength Batch 003 (Jan 2011) bottled @ 55.3%

-2nd Laphroaig
-Very rare in Canada
-Cask Version !

Colour: Bight light Gold ! No colourant added here! Medium bodied, not too oily for a CS...

Nose: Pungent peat ! more peat, a real peat D-Day, fruity, fresh, sweet, spirity, vanilla bulbs, more peat....peat ! and of course : PEAT. Iodine, peat vapours but cold ones, very intense nose, high phenol, white ashes and hints of smoke.

Mouth: a real peat attack, still smooth, more peat, old ashes, coal smoke, thick peat smoke, sweet, vanilla, more peat, medicinal herbs, cigar ashes in the back of the mouth

Finish: very long lingering finish of peat vanilla and smoke. A great Whisky ! After this one, even the Ardbeg is hard to really taste and enjoy. A definite WOW factor here.

A++ for the taste. Simply put, One of the best whiskies I have tasted so far. Very very close to the ardbeg uigeadail if not a tiny bit better. Very close call indeed !
A for the price. Purchased 71$ in USA. Looking at the products they have here (SAQ) I think they would retail it around 90$ if they had it. Hence I would suggest to find it in USA.
A for presentation. I love the red ''warning'' type square on it.