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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.
Absolutely the worst tasting scotch I ever tasted Overbearing smoke flavor stuck on my tongue as I rolled it in my mouth I drank about a third of the bottle over a few times, each time with same reaction to its flavor It sits on my scotch shelf, not sure if I should dump it Or actually offer it to my friends
The Best whisky by miles. None come near
Great plated whisky, lacks weight in mouth feel.
If you find Laphroaig a bit harsh, then try Lagavulin 16. I personally like Laphroaig but think I have now found my second favourite!
Not normally a peaty/smoky Scotch drinker as I prefer the milder Speyside whiskies. However...was given a glass of the Lagavulin 16 and was blown away. Smooth, complex without being overpowering like some of the Laphroaigs. Wow. My absolute new favorite.
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