I haven't had too much Lagavulin to try in my whisky drinking career. It's not like I don't enjoy the distillery, it's just that I haven't had a lot of experiences to enjoy different expressions from this distillery although I'd imagine a couple I have had that were no name Islay independent bottlings were likely Lagavulin juice. So since I'm planning to eventually visit the distillery and try some more Lagavulin in the Fall, today I'm re-visiting some impressions I had on an OB from the distillery that I'd been dying to try for some time before finally getting to it.
This is the 15th edition of the Lagavulin 12 Year Old Cask Strength that released as part of the 2017 Diageo Special Releases. It’s aged entirely in ex-bourbon hogsheads and is bottled at cask strength which sounds like a winning combo to me so let's see how a cask strength OB does compared to the IB Lagavulin I've tried from a while back.
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Age: 12 Years
Region: Islay
Cask Type(s): Refill ex-Bourbon Hogsheads
ABV: 56.5%
Number of Bottles: Not Available
Maturation Time: Bottled in 2017
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- Colour: Light golden
- Nose: Amazingly Strong nose, sea salt, brine, medicinal nose, mustardseed, vanilla, apple, woodsmoke
- Palate: Vanilla cream, paprika, wood tannins, medicinal smoke, toasted cereal, apple, cocoa, almond butter
- Finish: Long with smoky nuts and sweet smoke
Very lovely stuff here. The smoke, sweetness and nuttiness are put together very well and it just goes down well being at cask strength. The cooking spice and buttery aspect helps make this whisky unique as well and while I don't think its as full bodied as Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength, at the least the Batch 7 I tried, I still think for around the same price that it's quite a good priced dram for the most party. Definitely give this one a buy if you can get it at the right price.
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