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.
This is exactly what Scotch should taste like. Amber in your glass then you smell the smokiness when you first sniff your pour and then taste it as it spreads over your tongue.... fabulous!
My absolute favorite. Smoky, peaty, rich and flavorful.
I have to say on initial opening and quickly smelling the contents of the bottle I thought this was going to be a tough drink... How wrong I was. Whilst the initial medicinal notes hit you, savouring and working through the smokiness, the taste develops to sweet and complex. Just wonderful, even when finished I could sit, a just inhale the now empty glass... if you’ve ever visited a black house on the Isles you’ll know exactly what I mean.
My favourite dram. Smooth with just the right amount of peat.
Its a classic....would be mindblowing at 46 percent.....but its lovely. Sweet smoky salty, all the stuff you want......Is Absolutely Hideous trolling, with ginger, try bells or any cheap brandy... with lemonade... Vodka. Enjoy
