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Winner of 14 awardsLagavulin
16 Year Old Whisky
Customer Rating
“I regularly buy Scotch Whisky and have been doing so for the past 50 years. My previous favourite was Dalmore 12 years. But now that has changed with a stunningly smooth Lagavulin 16 years. This fantastic whisky is my favourite because there is so much happening with it's superb taste, smell, palate and after taste. Finally, the wee dram is silky smooth. In my opinion and palate, it does not require a drop of water. This particular whisky is by far my number one choice.”
Robin Hainsworth
Description
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.
Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt
Nose
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.
Palate
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.
Finish
Long, spicy finish, figs, dates, peat smoke, vanilla.
