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.
A a rule I don't drink, but I will always break the drought with a fine whiskey. I have one bottle stashed on my boat and that is Lagavulin.
I hear it all the time; add a few drops of water or a single cube to get the full spectrum of flavors. In the past I dutifully tried every new whisky straight and then with additions. Without exception I ended up wishing I had not added anything, so now, I don't. I'm drinking L16 right now. Superb!
As a driver in the Highlands I deliver to a lot of these distillery.the 16 is certainly very good, if you like the peaty ones, also try Ledaig,Laphroaig, glenmorangie if you like the peaty ones.Talisker, bunnahabhain,Bowmore and Highland park and antiquary great too.
Spent an evening smoking cigars and sipping this EXCELLENT scotch with some friends I hadn't seen in a long while. Heartily recommended.
I recomended to try lagavulin 12yo good as 16yo
