Nose: Flinty, mineralic peat with soft sea spray. A tropical fruit bowl follows: mangos, pineapples, orange rind. A touch of vanilla fudge here too. Then comes the medicine cabinet- iodine, slight sticking plaster- all rounded off with slightly astringent bitter-sweet oak.

Palate: Again, the flinty minerals take the limelight, before a peat depth charge explodes on the palate. Slight lemongrass here, with citrus rind, vanilla and toffee. Smoked oak, with a little honey suckle and elderflower.

Finish: A bit of chilli powder and peat, with citrus and vanilla. Long.

Overall: Truly excellent whisky. Long term Laphroaig lovers will not be disappointed, this is classic Laphroaig, which really shows the distillery house style at its best. Peaty, powerful, coastal and subtle- you couldn't ask for anything more from an Islay malt.