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.
So, guys, my original thought was that this reminiscent of mezcal: no, this was entirely wrong. This is supreme and excellently balanced. This is just a good scotch whisky.
If you fancy angels piss, then this is the bottle for you. Savor every last drop, and then go buy more.
I don't understand how any Scotch drinker can't like this. I've had multiple bottles over the years and have enjoyed them all. I have tried many other Scotch whiskys, but this is the one I ALWAYS have in my pantry.
A deep, West peaty whisky. My favorite!
I hate to share- I love this single malt to the Core. It's smooth It's smoky It's satisfying It's exciting It's a Wow. My favorite all time whiskey.
