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NEW AND LIMITED FROM LAGAVULIN
LAGAVULIN 8 YEAR OLD 200TH ANNIVERSARY LIMITED EDITION
2016 marks the 200th anniversary of one of whiskies most loved distilleries – Lagavulin. To celebrate this remarkable milestone Lagavulin have launched a delightful limited edition expression which is now available to order with The Whisky Shop. Inspired by a visit to the distillery 200 years ago by the world famous Alfred Barnard who fell in love with the 8 year Lagavulin all those years ago. Matured using a combination of European and American Oak casks and bottled at 48% volume, Available while stocks last.
LAGAVULIN 12 YEAR OLD 2015 LIMITED RELEASE
A limited edition,natural cask strength Single Malt Scotch Whisky from Lagavulin – the 15th in the series, limited to a few thousand bottles worldwide! An expressive, energetic and self-assured Lagavulin with a straightforward aroma and a direct, full-on Islay flavour: classic, pleasantly relaxed and cleanly structured with a fine balance of cereal sweetness, appetising sharpness and dry, volcanic smoke, all adroitly set off by citrus and mint.
LAGAVULIN DISTILLERS EDITION
Each Lagavulin Distillers Edition expression undergoes a second, or double, maturation in casks that have previously held a fortified wine. This is the 1997 vintage, which used Pedro Ximinez sherry casks for the second maturation period. A really distinctive and distinguished dram, full of peat while the Pedro Ximinez sherry wood naturally has a big say; A more mellow Lagavulin, not quite as deep or intensely flavoured as the 16 year old.
LAGAVULIN 16 YEAR OLD
An Islay Malt, this is from one of Scotland’s ‘essential’ distilleries, on a cramped, chaotic, wildly romantic site. Demand heavily exceeds supply. The intense character comes from their own richly peaty water supply; the heavily peated barley; the unusually long fermentation – up to 75 hours; and the slowest distillation of any Islay malt.
