Lagavulin 16 Year Old Bottled 1980s White Horse Distillers

Lagavulin 8yo 200th Anniversary

With Lagavulin’s 200th birthday drawing near and with many of the fans concerns were growing: would Diageo would make us pay dearly for the jubilee edition, are they cocky enough to force a NAS down our throats? Surprise, oh surprise, none of that, with a wink to the literary monument that is Alfred Barnard’s ‘The Whisky Distilleries of the United...

Score 88/100

Lagavulin 12 Year Old bottled 2014 14th Release

Some esteemed reviewers prefer the 2014 over the 2013. Me? I'm the opposite. I value smoothness and sophistication over bombast. Nose: pipe tobacco, wet lime stones, baked buttermilk biscuits (not cookies you English), apple core, coffee beans. Mouth: Dragon's breath, a driftwood fire, hot sand, smoldering peat, ground coffee beans, peppermint...

Score 87/100

Lagavulin 16 Year Old

Only reveals it self about half way down the bottle. It's waited 16 years so it needs some time to open, but it's well worth the wait. Nose - Not the best nose, but this is deceptive. It's rich and warm. Tobacco with orange and flowers. Quite fizzy but wood notes tame that. Palate - Big wash of salt first and a little oily in the mouth. Barley...

Score 92/100

Lagavulin 12 Year Old - Diageo Special Releases 2021

The Lagavulin 12 is a fixed value in the Special Releases. The aristocrat of Islay is the 'fiercest and smokiest' of the gang, hence 'The Lion's Fire'. When I was on Islay the other day, I didn't see a single lion there, I have to say. Anyway, matured on refill American oak. The previous three releases I found really excellent, so the bar for...

Score 89/100