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.
I normally discourage the use of caramel but here it not only adds an enchanting beauty to the whisky, it also enriches the taste even further. This is a whisky that does everything right, from the bottle design to the ambrosial taste it leaves in your mouth. Simply the best islay whisky for its price point.
After the old fogeys at my bar have had a couple of the usual G and Ts I always pour them a finger or two of Lagavulin. They go home happy.
Запах - торф. Вкус - очень мягкий!!!! Можно всю бутылку выпить! Первое ощущение лимончик, дальше очень мягко раскрывается торф. (Translation using Google Translate: Smell - peat. Taste - very soft!! You can drink a whole bottle! The first sensation lemon, then very gently revealed peat.)
forgot my star ratings so here it is
lady is sure dancing with me this whiskey is shear beauty in a bottle never change my troubled mind I give you my heart lagavulin and would miss you so much should you ever hide I guess I need you too much when talking about malts LAGAVULIN WHO AM i TO JUDGE YOU cheers to all who love this magnificant Malt one and only
