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.
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I recently received a bottle ad a gift! What a wonderful surprise to me and my pallet. So smooth and rich, a true enjoyment.
Received this as a Christmas gift....one of the best Islays I have ever had, very smooth and far too easy to drink!
Ordered this as part of my Christmas single malt haul and it quickly distinguished itself as the cream of the crop. Leathery notes on the nose, a complex smoky flavour and sweet finish. It's smooth, rich and moorish. Lagavulin 16yo is everything I look for in a quality glass of scotch.
Despite the bottle being free, very disappointing considering the hype. Smooth and smokey but lacking the depth that other Islays have. Not bad but would take Port Charlotte or Ardbeg over this.
Dominant flavour is an earthy boggy peat. Very tasty and easy to drink.
