Dede scored this whisky 94 points 
A very complex Laphroaig, less immediately enjoyable than the 1964 BBR. It requires more time to be appreciated, but is finally of the same level. The opening of the sample did him good, not modifying so much the present aromas as their hierarchy: the peat was made very discrete whereas the fruits filled the spaces olfactory and gustatory. The minerality has also grown for my greatest happiness. I am forced to review its rating upward with a good 94!
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The aeration of the sample played in the good sense. Still fresh, the nose is much more fruity than the previous tasting, with crisp notes of fresh and juicy pineapple and ripe oranges, mango and vanilla. The peat is discreet, but the medicinal notes are always present in the background, as well as the maritime scents. It also has a superb minerality that is growing in the second nose, with a smell that evokes the "brioschi effervescente" Italian in their pot (it is small burrs of sweet bicarbonate and flavored with lemon that the mixed with water to make a digestive drink and that bought my grandmother Sicilian but personally I preferred to consume them as such as acidulous candies). My wife is also smelling of olive and my faith is not wrong. All these aromas are linked, entwined, melted together. Long live the OBE! And it may be even better with a little water, which gives more roundness to the whole.
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Coherent with the nose, it is very powerful, with a rather greasy texture. Exotic fruits (pineapple) and citrus fruits open the ball, followed by peat before peppery notes come to warm a palate that did not ask much. And always this vegetal freshness at the end of the mouth. It's good, very good!
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Long, slightly bitter, notes of pineapple and mango, it leaves a slightly searing mineral sensation in the mouth (always brioschi effervescent!) And is peated with retro-olfaction.
