Lagavulin 1985 - 21 Year Old - Special Releases 2007

INFORMATION

Lagavulin 1985 - 2007. 21 Year Old. Bottled for Diageo's Special Releases in 2007. One of 6642 bottles. 70cl. 56.5%.

The first and greatest Lagavulin 21-year-old was this remarkable 1985 vintage edition, which was the undisputed star of the show from Diageo’s 2007 Special Releases - no mean feat in one of the strongest ever Special Release lineups, which also included other brilliant long-aged drams from Talisker, Brora, Port Ellen, Rosebank and Glenury Royal. This 1985 Lagavulin was a batch of sherry casks and retains a reputation as one of the best ever peat and sherry combinations.

DISTILLERY:Lagavulin

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:56.5%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

Bottle PRODUCED:6,642

BOTTLER:Distillery Bottling

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Islay

DISTILLED YEAR:1985

BOTTLING DATE::2007

AGE:21

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.