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.
Made of the finest unicorn tears, this is is one is my go to.
As my father worked on Islay as a young man, I had a 'heads up' on this particular brand. It really is a wonderfully rich Scotch with abundant peaty aroma and taste. It does n't scald the palate like some other single malts, rather it warmly envelopes you. Pricey but absolute value for money.
If people are going to comment on the whisky or matters involving whisky then I really think they should be up to an acceptable standard of education before you accept their views. Really some of the grammar, spelling and script is quite, quite appalling. Please try and up the standards! Ronald Silvermore.
Can't beat this stuff. Pure class. All time favourite.
nothing to add, for me always be no. 1
