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LAGAVULIN
16 YEAR OLD
70CL | 43%
£66.75
WAS £81.75
SAVE £15
An essential whisky for fans of peat from one of Scotland’s most well-known distilleries. Considered the benchmark of Islay single malts, the 16-year-old from Lagavulin is rich and distinctly smoky with flavours of Lapsang Souchong tea, pipe tobacco and a touch of iodine.
The Islay representative in the ‘Classic Malts’ series is a deep, dry and exceptionally peaty bruiser. Probably the most pungent of all Islay malts, Lagavulin is not for the faint-hearted but inspires fanatical devotion in its many followers.
Tasting Notes by David Broom for Whisky Advocate
Lagavulin is a classic example of how smoke isn’t a blunt instrument that covers everything in a fog, but an element that works with all the flavours produced in distillation and maturation. Lagavulin isn’t ‘smokey,’ its peat moves into a weird territory of Lapsang Souchong tea and pipe tobacco, fishboxes and kippers. It smells of laurel and light cereal, but is always sweet. The palate shows more creosote, with hints of kelp and a little touch of iodine. Complex.
