Lagavulin 1977 - 25 Year Old - Special Releases 2002

INFORMATION

Lagavulin 1977 - 2002. 25 Year Old. Bottled for Diageo's Special Releases in 2002. One of 9000 bottles. 70cl. 57.2%.

A legendary Lagavulin - this 25-year-old Lagavulin 1977 was the oldest ever official bottling from the distillery at the time of its release as part of Diageo's Special Releases in 2002. A limited edition of 9000 bottles at its epic cask strength of 57.2%, this is a wonderfully sweet, fruity Lagavulin with restrained phenols and a fantastically complex palate.

DISTILLERY:Lagavulin

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:57.2%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

Bottle PRODUCED:9000

BOTTLER:Distillery Bottling

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Islay

DISTILLED YEAR:1977

BOTTLING DATE::2002

AGE:25

Lagavulin is one of the triumvirate of active 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.