posted 5 Aug. 2011

MacMenM gave this whisky 90 points

Color

Pale straw

Nose

again a real lagavulin, doubtless, but here more vanilla (as the name reveals) and also a bit spicy, punchy on peat of course but gentle, even ripe fruit, apple maybe

Taste

a rounder taste and oiler mouthfeeling than the classic 16yo, a little woody also, rich on fruit as well

Finish

long, very long... nice peaty, smoky finish

Comments

We've bought two bottles, one to enjoy and one to cherish...

 

posted 2 Jun. 2011

I_SPEY gave this whisky 91 points

Color

Pale straw

Nose

neat: tar, (lapsang?) tea, smoke, vanilla and ... apple?ww: vanilla, smokeish, softer.

Taste

neat:peat, pepper, wood, little greasy (almost to chew!), lemon and clove, with three drops of water he becomes much softer, a more refined taste, not too sweet, peppery but less severe, although still
 smoky and peatyish!

Finish

 quite long, but for me unfortunately too short!
 

Comments

 Well, I belief this is a "dyke" of a whisky(as we say in Holland) so, a real stunner! But with three drops of water he becomes even better!

 

"One cannot hurry the little grey cells, Captain." Hercule Poirot

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