INFORMATION
Lagavulin 1990 - 2010. 20 Year Old. Bottled at the Bruichladdich distillery for The Syndicates. Cask number 4395. 700ml. 48.1%.
This one really benefits from being bottled at cask strength, big fat, oily notes of iodine, seashore and peat smoke, really classical an delicious Lagavulin.
DISTILLERY:Lagavulin
DISTILLERY STATUS:Working
Bottle ABV:48.1%
Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml
BOTTLER:The Syndicate
SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland
LIMITED EDITION:yes
CASK NUMBER:4395
CASK TYPE:Single Malt
REGION:Islay
DISTILLED YEAR:1990
BOTTLING DATE::2010
AGE:20
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.
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