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.
You must try it. I read before that this is a love it or leave it whisky. Some people hate. I don't get. It is breath taking. I can't stop drinking it :)) it is really rich. Yes there is a lot of pest but it's not just that- it's rich and sweet, very sweet and dry. It is completely different from all the other drams Ive tasted before. Wonderful.
Sipping the Lagavulin 16 my wife picked up for me for Father's day... This stuff is nectar of the Ghods! Very nice body, lush mouthfeel, and with decently complex flavors. 43% alcohol. It is from the Islay region. Home of some of the most famous Scotch made. Nose: Smoke, vanilla, sweet spices... touch of sherry. Alcohol is muted, barely there. Palate: Thick and rich, sherry and sweet fruit, and of course... that smoke... delectable smoke, not slap the face, but muted strength, if that makes sense. The finish is long, and wonderful with the smoke drifting off and a reminder that, yes, this is a whisky... something one can almost forget. Overall, this is a very nice scotch. One that exemplifies what some age can accomplish with an Islay. It is luxurious, smooth, smokey with a reminder of sherry. I highly recommend it, and thank my babydoll for picking it up for me ?
Wow. Caught me off guard.
While driving in France I met an old friend in the food/drinks industry. He handed over his wee flask and I had a sip, silly me, I should have glugged it. He gave me the name Lagavulin and when I returned home I bought my first bottle. I drink Speyside whiskies in all their variety but Lagavulin 16 is the one I empty fastest.
Such a good scotch! I'm not really good at tasting note so I won't go there, but I'm truly amazed by this juice. As the title says, I could drink this every day. Those of you who say it is aweful probably a bad batch. I gifted a bottle of this to my brother-in-law and it's nowhere near as good as the bottle I own. 100% would buy again.
