Lagavulin 16 Year Old is truly a benchmark Islay whisky. It’s loved for its deep, earthy, and maritime character with rich notes of dried fruit, vanilla, and smokiness that comes from Islay peat but is more akin to Lapsang Souchong tea in profile.
Before Lagavulin 16, the distillery did have a 12-year-old single malt. But when Diageo launched the Classic Malt series in the 1980s, Lagavulin 16 Year Old was introduced and became the distillery's flagship bottling. It received a boost in popularity after featuring in Parks and Recreation as a favourite drink of Nick Offerman’s character Ron Swanson. Offerman has since collaborated with the distillery on several occasions.
If you're looking for a food pairing for this beauty, try intensely flavoured salty blue cheeses, which complement the intense, peat-rich, sweet and salty character of this Lagavulin wonderfully.
More like Lapsang Souchong tea than Lapsang Souchong! One of the smokiest noses from Islay. It's big, very, very concentrated, and redolent of iodine, sweet spices, good, mature Sherry and creamy vanilla. Stunning.
Very thick and rich. A massive mouthful of malt and Sherry with good fruity sweetness, but also a wonderful sweetness. Big, powerful peat and oak.
Long, spicy finish, figs, dates, peat smoke, vanilla.
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They say there’s no accounting for taste. I don’t care for this whisky. The smoke and peat flavors are too strong and out of balance for my taste. I expected to like it, thought I ought to like it. I just don’t. It doesn’t taste good to me. I prefer the smoothness of a Glenlivet 18 or 12. Sorry Ron Swanson, you’re still the best man. Obviously.
This drop is emblazoned with complexity from the pop of the cork to the heel. A well balanced character is presented in the smoke, brine, sweet dark fruit covered in chocolate, leather and thesherry infused oak . Simply magic.
It was the whisky that got me hooked on Isla style hooch. So a first love if you will. I do feel that 20 years on its not quite what it was . and at the price point their is better. Still lovely though. Will forever remind me of my dad.
love it. Definite must try for any whiskey drinker.
My new favourite whisky, this is a stunningly peaty and sweet malt.
