92
Score
Laphroaig Càirdeas Port & Wine Casks (2020 Release), 52%
Price: $100 ● Issue: Fall 2020 ● Reviewer: Gavin Smith
The annual bottling for 2020 was matured in bourbon barrels and second-fill ruby port barriques, married together, and finished in red wine casks. Ripe strawberries, iodine, and peat on the nose. Red berry jam in time. Flinty, with sea salt. Creamy on the palate, with caramel, hot tar, sweet red wine, burning peat, antiseptic, chile, and brine. Licorice, pepper, and drying peat in the long, satisfying finish.
