Lagavulin 16 Years
The classic Lagavulin is kilned with a high smoke content in the malt. The stills are pear-shaped, so that all flavors can be passed on to the condensers during distillation. The Single Malt then matures in Bourbon and Sherry casks to completion.
The classic Lagavulin is kilned with a high smoke content in the malt. The stills are pear-shaped, so that all flavors can be passed on to the condensers during distillation. The Single Malt then matures in Bourbon and Sherry casks to completion.
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| 6 | |
| Lagavulin | |
| Scotland, Islay | |
| Single Malt Whisky | |
| 16 Years | |
| 43% | |
| 0.7 l | |
| Original bottling | |
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| Average tasting notes Tasting notes |
Calculated from 718
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Nosing
Peat Smoke:
Maritime Notes:
Seaweed:
Sweet:
Sherry:
Ham:
Iodine:
Bonfire Smoke:
Fruit:
Oak:
Medicinal Smoke:
Salt:
Spices:
Herb:
Vanilla:
Malt:
Caramel:
Leather:
Zitrus:
Dried Fruit:
Honey:
Raisin:
Herbs:
Alcohol:
Orange:
Dark Chocolate:
Nuts:
Lemon:
Peach:
Tobacco:
Apple:
Chocolate:
Cinnamon:
Anis:
Grape:
Grass:
Heather:
Mint:
Oil:
Pepper:
Cake:
Cherry:
Coffee:
Walnut:
Blackberry:
Chili:
Fig:
Floral:
Green Apple:
Kiwi:
Lime:
Melon:
Nutmeg:
Plum:
Pineapple:
Banana:
Barley:
Berries:
Pear:
Clove:
Date:
Ginger:
Tasting
Peat Smoke:
Sweet:
Maritime Notes:
Seaweed:
Spices:
Sherry:
Salt:
Oak:
Fruit:
Ham:
Bonfire Smoke:
Malt:
Herb:
Iodine:
Medicinal Smoke:
Nuts:
Pepper:
Dark Chocolate:
Vanilla:
Zitrus:
Caramel:
Honey:
Dried Fruit:
Oil:
Chili:
Leather:
Chocolate:
Coffee:
Herbs:
Alcohol:
Tobacco:
Lemon:
Heather:
Cinnamon:
Berries:
Cake:
Fig:
Pineapple:
Apple:
Barley:
Raisin:
Date:
Lemon Peel:
Grapefruit:
Ginger:
Grape:
Almonds:
Anis:
Pear:
Peach:
Floral:
Banana:
Black Currant:
Blackberry:
Melon:
Nutmeg:
Orange:
Plum:
Walnut:
Cherry:
Clove:
Lime:
Finish
Peat Smoke:
Maritime Notes:
Sweet:
Oak:
Spices:
Seaweed:
Salt:
Sherry:
Malt:
Herb:
Bonfire Smoke:
Ham:
Nuts:
Fruit:
Iodine:
Pepper:
Dark Chocolate:
Medicinal Smoke:
Oil:
Herbs:
Leather:
Zitrus:
Chocolate:
Coffee:
Tobacco:
Heather:
Caramel:
Chili:
Dried Fruit:
Vanilla:
Orange:
Raisin:
Alcohol:
Mint:
Pear:
Honey:
Almonds:
Ginger:
Hay:
Lime:
Peach:
Tropical Fruit:
Lemon:
Lemon Peel:
Anis:
Apple:
Black Currant:
Cherry:
Cinnamon:
Fig:
Grape:
Hazelnut:
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Quality rating of this bottle
4.5
Rate
1,453
718
Quality comparison of bottles
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All tasting notes
09. Dec 2017
04. Nov 2016
Nosing: 
Immediately smoky. Not as intense as I was expecting, but welcome for it. Sweetness and vanilla. I smell walnuts in this though not many others seem to, and fennel or liquorice.
Taste: 
Full and intense, sweet and smoky, oily mouth coating texture. some spiciness in the back of the mouth. There is a bit of fruitiness there, but you really have to go looking for it.
Finish: 
Long and smoky, black pepper.
Comment:
I went into this not knowing what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised, the smoke is prevalent but not overpowering and the overall deep sweetness balances it out. The smoke is less medicinal and more like lapsang souchong tea (which I usually hate) but in this it definitely suits it. Good stuff.
Immediately smoky. Not as intense as I was expecting, but welcome for it. Sweetness and vanilla. I smell walnuts in this though not many others seem to, and fennel or liquorice.
Taste:
Full and intense, sweet and smoky, oily mouth coating texture. some spiciness in the back of the mouth. There is a bit of fruitiness there, but you really have to go looking for it.
Finish:
Long and smoky, black pepper.
Comment:
I went into this not knowing what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised, the smoke is prevalent but not overpowering and the overall deep sweetness balances it out. The smoke is less medicinal and more like lapsang souchong tea (which I usually hate) but in this it definitely suits it. Good stuff.
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