Lagavulin Distillery Only

Lg2 - Elements of Islay

Having just tasted both White Horse and Lagavulin 16 together, I couldn't resist this one. This is from the Elements of Islay range, an independently bottled series of Islay malts, no age statement, cask-strength, non-coloured, non-chill-filtered, and approved by a specific expert on Islay whiskies. They are always from batches of between 5 and 20...

Score 89/100

Lagavulin Feis Ile 2015

I missed the Lagavulin open day during the Islay Festival. Which is a shame because I am genuinely a fan of this distillery. We did swing by on one of the off days and managed a distillery tour. Though the first thing that greeted us as we made our way to the visitor centre was a large printed sign informing us that the Feis Ile bottling was all...

Score 88/100

Lagavulin 12 Year Old bottled 2014 14th Release

Here we have last year's 12 Year Old - always a fun dram! Note that this bottle has been open for almost a year: The colour is an extremely pale yellow. As you can imagine, there is very little oak on the nose; but we have heather, wet campfire, bandages, green apple skins and white pepper. Quite briny, with cereal notes. Maltier with water. The...

Score 84/100

Lagavulin 2003 Distillers Edition

Lagavulin is sometimes described as the ‘Aristocrat of Islay’. This whisky is so popular that the distillery sometimes has to cope with stock shortages. It is, by the way, the Lagavulin Distillers Edition, of which I have tried the most expressions. Seven so far and today I will put the 8th and 9th head-to-head. I will start by trying this one...

Score 88/100