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Whiskies
Càirdeas 2021 Pedro Ximenez Casks
One for our Friends
Friendship is the perfect reason to raise a dram, wouldn’t you agree? Well that’s exactly what every Càirdeas release is about. After all, it means "friendship" in Gaelic. Laphroaig® Càirdeas 2021 delivers 58.9% vol, complex flavours and layered aromas. The triple maturation process for this limited edition single malt whisky starts with our classic aging in ex-Bourbon barrels before being transferred to quarter casks. The spirit then goes into Pedro Ximenez casks - more precisely sherry hogsheads. Once extracted, the whisky is filtered and bottled at natural cask strength, creating an experience akin to tasting whisky at the source. Our famous flavours of peat smoke and seaweed are joined by sweet notes of Manuka honey and oak spice. The finish is long, warm and intriguing — as conversations between Friends over a dram of Laphroaig® often are.
Product Tasting Notes
Colour
Bright tawny. Resulting from triple maturation and bottling at natural cask strength.
Nose
'Medicinal' aromas layered with pine and hints of almond, hazelnut, marzipan, sweet apple and cinnamon.
Palate
Forward peat smoke with ashy notes of grilled bacon and sweet hints of Manuka honey, cooked apples and oak spice.
Finish
Hot and spicy, with lingering hints of sea salt and dried seaweed.
Maturation
Triple matured in ex-Bourbon barrels, followed by quarter casks and Pedro Ximenez sherry hogsheads.
Explore The Range
10 Year Old Sherry Oak Finish
A fine and full-bodied single malt. Finished in sherry oak casks to layer aromatic honey onto our famous peat smoke. Slàinte.
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