didi1893 scored this whisky 95 points 
What a malt! Fruity and mild, soft and harmonious. This Cairdeas is perfect and a dream. A typical Laphroaig paired with an incredibly mild and creamy fruit note. For me the best Cairdeas ever, if not the best Laphi I ever had in the glass!
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Pink and clear, the Cairdeas shimmers in the glass. After panning, oily and tough streaks have formed on the glass wall. Slowly, small droplets dissolve and flow back into the glass in slow motion. Strong, yet sweet peat lifts clumsily out of the glass, mineral notes and soft smoke rise from the fruity peat. Subtle roasted aromas and a hint of grilled bacon mix with dried berries and grapes. Smoked meat and sweet grapes combine, the peat is now slightly earthy. The alcohol is integrated harmoniously and supports the peat-smoke-fruit combination perfectly!
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The first impression is mild and creamy. Slowly the peat aroma sets in and gives off its soft and fruity aroma. The smoky note is now more dominant compared to the nose, a slight campfire feeling is created, charred wood and ash, somewhere a little glowing embers. Again dried berries and grapes, a subtle note of smoked bacon and fine ashes makes think again of the next sip. Also on the second sip the palate fills with soft and mild peat aroma, followed by some more embers, from the bacon oil drips into the smoldering embers. A light walnut aroma is created.
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Chubby warm peat flavors and coal flavors, or cold ashes are again traversed by fruity notes. Slightly mineral notes, some soil and peat, then dried fruits again. A subtle smoky note is above the complete finish. Fruity, the finish sounds slow and leaves sweetness and a hint of soft smoke.
