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.
Exceptional distinctive taste. As soon as this exquisite single malt from the best Scotch Whiskey producing region from the great land of Scotland touches your taste buds you know you have made a decision that will forever form your selection of Scotch Whiskey. There are many Scotch’s that have a hollow taste and you swallow as soon as possible but with the Lagavulin 16 you relish this fine whiskey coating your palate with the aromas of Smokey Peat, Scottish Sea Air, and the sweetness of vanilla. To each his own but as for me and my house Lagavulin 16 is what is served here.
This is a must try for any true scotch fan. It carries a hefty price tag at $110 a bottle in my area but is as good as it gets . Try laphroaig 10 year for about half the price as a good alternate for an extra peaty scotch ... the laphroaig however is a bit more medicinal whereas the lagavulin has some excellent fruit notes . For any parks and rec fans out there , Lagavulin is Ron Swanson’s drink of choice
Per Whiski Rooms, Edinburgh...Nose-Full on. Lot's of wood smoke, surrounding surprising sweetness. White pepper. Palate-Smoke, Marmalade, and toffee. Develops some oily notes. Sea air comes through towards the end. Finish-A dry finish, with that bear-hug of peat seemingly lasting forever. Couldn't agree more after my flight of peaty malts at Whiski Rooms...best of the peats for me. Sip it slow, exhale thru nose...beautiful. Add drop of water for slightly different bouquet.
I’m not a specialist in Irish or scotch whiskey, but I had in years many of pleasant taste or very good, or exceptional I bought among others, this 16 y old lagavulin, recently for a New Year gathering in my house. We opened it and found SMOKED POISON liquid inside the bottle! Disgusting! Never had in my mouth garbage like this, even in the college years... Take my advice, please... Don’t even try it, is real garbage! What a waste of money... Something must be wrong with people giving stars to this product
An excellent whisky. Could do without the colouring and all that as well as a well rounded 46% to make it even better. Can you find more unknown and better gems for the price? most certainly yes. However this cant be missed if you love peaty whisky. A true classic
