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.
Intense deep caramel sweet and peaty nose, smoky with liquorice notes, long dry spicy finish,
Bought it yesterday. What have you done to Lagavulin?!! Now it's like cheap vodka with added liquid smoke! Very harsh! Yes it's without paper seal (bottled 16 jan 19)
Very nice whisky, smokey apple notes with a long sweet finish.
I am surprised to say I like the Lagavulin 16, so smokey and slightly rough, luckily I like it rough. No water needed, notes of crisp apple, vanilla undertones and finishes with a sweet salted caramel aftertaste... just exquisite!
Best Islay whisky.My favourite of all time
