Lagavulin 12-year-old 9th Release

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Lagavulin 12-year-old 9th Release

Category	Single Malt Whisky from
District	Islay
Bottler	Distillery Bottling
Bottled	2009
Age	12 years old
Strength	57.9 % Vol.
Bottle size	700 ml
Availability
Price	± € 66.00 \| £ 55.75 \| $ 84.94

Added: 24 Sep. 2009 6:38 pm

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Notes & Reviews

Furtia

posted 5 Dec. 2012

Furtia gave this whisky 88 points

Weighted rate

88

Nose - aroma

87

Initial taste

89

Body

88

Finish

89

Price

86

Presentation

90

Willie JJ

posted 24 Aug. 2012

Willie JJ gave this whisky 89 points

Color

Yellow gold

Nose

Elastoplast, iodine, calomine and hints of citrus

Taste

Tarry and salty, but balanced with sweet citrus

Finish

A lovely fizzy finish

Comments

Always reliable these 12yo releases

It's better to have drunk it all than never to have drunk at all.

hsmithjr

posted 27 Sep. 2011

hsmithjr gave this whisky 82 points

Color

Yellow gold

Nose

Smoke and peat. Lemon zest. vanilla cake. Salt cured ham. Petrol.

Taste

Smokey and spicy. Salt herring. More lemon notes.....lemon drops, perhaps. Burnt wood. More smoke.

Finish

Long and smoky. Soda water. Table salt.

Comments

Taste like a fire damaged marina that has been long put out. Not as good as previous years.

In an interstellar burst, I\'m back to save the universe.

Ras Mazunga

posted 14 Jul. 2011

Ras Mazunga gave this whisky 85 points

Taste is very young for a 12-year-old.

If comparable, I prefer the Lap 10 #002 by far.

alectron

posted 13 Jun. 2011

Color

Gin clear

Nose

Suprisingly gentle for the strength. Something medicinal, coal barbeque smoke, some unterlying citrus.
With water there is a sweet note (bananas) coming through and most of the smoke seems to be replaced by malt.

Taste

Hooot!! Did not expect that after the nose. Ashtray, tar smoke, a little sweetness (vanilla). With water there is more of the sweetness but also white wine vinegar.

Finish

Medium with strong ashtray (cold smoke) and coal smoke.

Comments

I gave a friend a blind sample that only stated the %, the above & below are his notes:
I would say Islay. Not sure if Ardbeg (hotness), Laphroig or Lagavulin. Seems to be youngish. Quite interesting and complex. My score is 86.

Remember - whisky scores and impressions are highly subjective and situational by nature - so don't go and buy whisky according to someone else's taste...

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