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Lagavulin 1984. Distiller's Edition 2001. Double Matured Special Release. 70cl. 43%. In presentation box.
An early bottling of Lagavulin Distillers Edition, this was from the 1984 vintage and was released in 2001 after a finishing period in Pedro Ximenez sherry casks.
PX sherry is the sweetest and most strongly-flavoured of the sherry cask types used for the Distillers Edition series, and Lagavulin is the smokiest of the Classic Malts, so the Distillers Edition Lagavulins have always been the most powerfully-flavoured of the entire range. As with all the Classic Malts bottlings, the general rule is the earlier the bottling, the better the whisky - this turn-of-the-century Lagavulin 1984 is an absolute joy, with an oily, nutty palate bursting with dramatic tarry, smoky phenols, smoked meat, kippers and iodine balanced by demerara sugar sweetness, liquorice, molasses and stewed dark fruits from the sherry.
Lagavulin is one of the classic distilleries on the southern coast of Islay, famed for their heavily-peated single malt whisky. Situated between Laphroaig and Ardbeg on the road from Port Ellen to Kildalton, Lagavulin is often considered the most stylistically elegant of the trio, perhaps because its entry-level 16-year-old is generally more nuanced than its neighbour’s standard 10-year-olds. Lagavulin’s house style also embraces a strong sweetness alongside its phenolicity.
Lagavulin has been a staple of United Distillers/Diageo’s regionally-themed Classic Malts range of single malt whiskies since the series first appeared in 1987. The distillery’s relatively low output and long ageing requirements mean that stocks must be carefully husbanded and independent bottlings of Lagavulin are therefore exceptionally rare, although some superb long-aged examples have appeared from The Syndicate, a mysterious cabal of Islay insiders.
Distillery bottlings are, as the name suggests, bottled by or for the distillery from which the whisky has originated and are thus often referred to as Official Bottlings or OBs. Distillery bottlings are generally more desirable for collectors and usually fetch higher prices at auction than independent bottlings. They are officially-endorsed versions of the whisky from a particular distillery and are therefore considered the truest expression of the distillery’s character.
This ideal of the distillery character is regarded so seriously by the distilleries and brand owners that casks of whisky that are considered to vary too far from the archetype are frequently sold on to whisky brokers and independent bottlers. When this happens, it is often with the proviso that the distillery’s name is not allowed to be used when the cask is bottled for fear of diminishing or damaging the distillery’s character and status.
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| £410.00 | 12th November 2025 | 07:43 PM | |
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