Lagavulin 1979-2019 - 40 Year Old - The Syndicates - Single Cask 112

INFORMATION

Lagavulin 1979 - 2019. 40 Year Old. Bottled at the Bruichladdich distillery for The Syndicates. Cask number 112. One of 188 bottles. 700ml. 49.1%.

DISTILLERY:Lagavulin

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:49.1%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

Bottle PRODUCED:188

BOTTLER:The Syndicate

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK NUMBER:112

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Islay

DISTILLED YEAR:1979

BOTTLING DATE::2019

AGE:40

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.