Lagavulin 16 Year Scotch Whisky (750Ml)

Description

Lagavulin sits on Islay’s south coast and has been distilling since 1816. The distillery’s long fermentation times, heavy peat levels in the barley, and patient maturation in maritime warehouses all feed directly into the dram’s coastal, smoky identity. The distillery uses heavily peated malt, extended fermentations, and unusually slow distillation runs that retain heavier congeners and oils.

On the palate, the Lagavulin 16 is full‑bodied - with an opening of salted caramel and peat that gives way to dark chocolate, espresso, and black pepper. The mid‑palate is of dried fruit and a pleasant, almost coast-like note. Since the spirit spends sixteen years maturing (primarily in ex‑bourbon casks with a meaningful share of sherry butts), you get toasted oak, dried fruit, and tannic structure without erasing the peatiness.

The Lagavulin 16 Year Scotch Whisky is actually one of the most highly decorated peated single malts in the world - as is expected from a distillery like Lagavulin. Most notably, it won the Gold at the 2019 World Whiskies Awards and Double Gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Jim Murray from the Whisky Bible even gave it 95/100. 

The Lagavulin 16 Year Scotch Whisky was never made to take center stage - yet here it stands as one of the best bottles you can take home!