Lagavulin 1986 Distillers Edition

Lagavulin 12 Year Old Diageo Special Releases 2022

Matured on refill American oak and virgin oak. N: Immediately quite peaty and smoky on the nose with fish oil, roasted pine nuts, smoldering hearth and even goat stable. In fact, I also get cauliflower, fish oil, raw steak and something from oysters and plasticine. Fascinating! S: On the palate, the party continues with peat, pepper, apples and...

Score 87/100

Lagavulin 16 Year Old

They’ve not changed the presentation of this whisky in my memory. A regal dark green box, dusky green bottle, understated but assured, as consistent as the contents. Massively smoky on the nose with some sweetness. The sweetness seems to have a tree resin quality, while the smoke is the main show with whiffs of kippers, sea weed and phenolic peat...

Score 97/100

Lagavulin 12 Year Old bottled 2002 1st Release

My first real encounter with this peated whisky from Islay was the Lagavulin 16 Year Old. I remember (re-reading my feb 2010 review) that I thought it magnificent. In fact, I’m currently enjoying a second bottle of that expression and I feel it should be in any whisky lover’s cabinet. This week, I’ll be trying a few other Lagavulin expressions,...

Score 87/100

Lagavulin 16 Year Old

"The heath waves wild upon her hills, Her foaming frae the fells, Her fountains sing o' freedom still, As they dance down the dells. And weel I loe the land, my lads, That's girded by the sea. Then Scotland's vales, and Scotland's dales, And Scotland's hills for me; I'll drink a cup to Scotland yet, Wi a' the honours three!" - Henry...

Score 98/100