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Lagavulin 16-year-old

Category	Single Malt Whisky from
District	Islay
Bottler	Distillery Bottling
Label type	Port Ellen
Bottled	2007
Bottle Code	L7123CM000
Age	16 years old
Strength	43.0 % Vol.
Bottle size	700 ml
Availability
Price	± € 50.00 \| £ 42.85 \| $ 64.70

Added: 30 May. 2007 4:14 pm

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Notes & Reviews

Erik Elixer

posted 14 May. 2013

Erik Elixer gave this whisky 89 points

N: oily, smoke, peat, sweet sherry tones and briny - seaweed
T: peat, smoke, pickle, citrus and nuts
F: meaty, smoke, drying, spices - and nougat
compared with Lagavulin 16 old White Horse label

I\'ll only drink on days that start with T: Tuesday, Thursday Today & Tomorrow...

Yvain

posted 30 Apr. 2013

Yvain gave this whisky 89 points

Color

Amber

Nose

Très finement tourbé, des notes de citron et de l'iode.

Taste

Bouche très parfumée et sucrée, presque sherry, mêlée à une fumée légère. L'ensemble est confit avec une texture grasse, de la crème (de café?), du chocolat avec du zeste d'orange confit (orangettes?) et peut-être aussi des notes tropicales.

Finish

Finement tourbée avec encore des notes de zestes d'oranges confits, du chocolat. La finale est agréable mais ne se prolonge pas suffisamment

Comments

Très fin et subtil. J'adore le Lagavulin.

icon_of_sin

posted 17 Feb. 2013

icon_of_sin gave this whisky 89 points

Color

Amontillado sherry

Nose

Intensiver, medizinischer Rauch gepaart mit angenehmer Sherry-Sueße. Sehr komplex. Nach und nach verwandelt sich der medizinische Rauch in Lagerfeuerrauch und es kommt Raeucherspeck. Maritime Noten folgen sowie etwas Schokolade.

Taste

Phenole, Lagerfeuerrauch, Speck, w

Finish

Intensiv und waermend. Wieder dominanter Rauch. Trocken und etwas speckig.

Comments

F

jodeenow

posted 31 Jan. 2013

jodeenow gave this whisky 92 points

Puissant.
Un nez très prononcé qui pique un peu, un peu enivrant.
Goût très caractéristique. Fumé, tourbé, complexe mais pas excessivement fort.
Final long et chaleureux.

Bouteille ouverte depuis à peu près 1 an, ce qui lui a permis de s`assouplir un peu. Un classique !

jodeenow

posted 23 Jan. 2013

jodeenow gave this whisky 92 points

Weighted rate

92

Nose - aroma

90

Initial taste

94

Body

95

Finish

90

Price

90

Presentation

88

D3US

posted 20 Oct. 2012

D3US gave this whisky 92 points

Color

Burnished

Nose

Heavy peat, but a very nice sweet note to it as well. Drying sweetness, that is, as if sniffing a sherry whisky. I get old leather notes, coffee, engine grease and coal fire. Really complex to me, a lot of aromas going on, getting something else at every whiff.

Taste

Drying peat, iodine, but much smoother and milder than I thought. The leather is still here, as is the oil and coal fire. Big sweetness on the edge as well, dark fruits and caramel. Again, very complex and lots to discover.

Finish

Medium to lengthy. The peat is still there, but never dominant in an unpleasant way. In the end the intense sweetness remains, with vanilla and honey, overripe fruits, malt and caramel. Really great stuff.

Comments

Lots of (non-Islay) whiskies have a predominate sweet taste with in some cases a bitter or smoky edge. Here, it's the other way around; Peat and slightly medicinal, heavy aromas are the base, and the edge is sweet. Really interesting to taste. A great whisky, and a must have in my book!

Edwin de Lange

posted 30 Sep. 2012

Edwin de Lange gave this whisky 95 points

A classic!

Alex

posted 28 Sep. 2012

Alex gave this whisky 90 points

Color

Chestnutoloroso sherry

Nose

Peat & sherry well composed!
very complex, rounded, sweet, dried fruits; then ripe strawberries; parma ham; long development and keeps on changing. Excellent nose!

Taste

Moderate peat smoke, rich and mellow. Half sweet, half dry. Less fruits than on the nose. Excellent balance.

Finish

Very long, sweet-dry. Holds on for a long time, then fading slowly on drier notes and mild peppery spices. Wow!

Comments

Mouth is great, the nose is even better.

Classic? Classic! A must have!

Ikkakumon

posted 25 Jul. 2012

Ikkakumon gave this whisky 91 points

Color

Burnished

Nose

Puissants arômes de fumée, de tourbe et d'iode, un peu d'herbes fraiches et de fruits

Taste

Crémeuse, tourbe et fumée prédominent sans pour autant tout écraser. Sel marin, fruits d'automne et réglisse.

Finish

Moyenne, avec de la tourbe et surtout de la fumée.

Comments

Un grand classique.

HunterRomario

posted 29 May. 2012

HunterRomario gave this whisky 90 points

Color

Burnished

Nose

Vůně je sytá a pestrá, od vařené švestky po karamelky, se závanem kouře z doutníků.

Taste

Suchá chuť zpočátku vyrovnává sladkost charakteru sherry, později se vynořují olejové, trávové a slané tony.

Finish

Comments

Další skvost z ostrova Islay. Silny nádech rašeliny a kouře. První osobní dojem byl po velkém očekávání na základě oslavnych recenzí spíše lehkym zklamáním,ale postupně jsem jí přišel na chuť a nyní jsem z ní doslova nadšeny.

saintjimmy

posted 21 Feb. 2012

saintjimmy gave this whisky 88 points

Color

Deep copper

Nose

rich aroma of burnt wood, shoe polish and ash. The next layer reveals medicinal notes, iodine.

Taste

full and rich with notes of sundried tomatoes, seaweed, coals, salt and plums.

Finish

long and exciting: goosberries, peppers and dried fruits.

Comments

a warm, fruity and vivid dram.

zinaf

posted 12 Feb. 2012

zinaf gave this whisky 88 points

Color

Gin clear

Nose

Starts on peat smoke; hints of burnt rubber; then slight sweet note emerges (Turkish delight?); medicinal.

(water) - cured ham (yum) - tons of it.

With time - vanilla sugar (so this was the lokum note I noticed earlier); pencils.

Taste

A tad sweet; peat; nice oily coating of the palate. A bit of coal. Dark chocolate. Dried and roasted prunes (crusty).

(water) - much rounder; delicious; more of the prunes sweetness. Later - old ropes.

Finish

Medium-to-long; smoke and coal. Gets drier and earthy (carrot peals).

Comments

Very nice indeed.

SGP:457

Zazaz

posted 21 Jan. 2012

Zazaz gave this whisky 89 points

Great whisky. Unfortunately weaker than the older white horse bottlings. I remember the explosion of peat and wood from a glass of Lagavulin 16 bottled in the 90s. Not so today, sadly. Still a high quality whisky, but not a 90+ rating anymore.

alectron

posted 4 Jan. 2012

alectron gave this whisky 86 points

One of my all time favourites.
Unfortunately, Diageo/Lagavulin are not known for their transparency nor appreciation of their consumer as an intelligent being, so it seems to be purposely hard to identify a certain bottling run for the Lagavulin 16, adding the fact that the standard 16 yo has been showing quite large batch variations in quality over the last years, this can be quite frustrating, especially when you end up with a bottle of a weak batch. I had some that I rated close to 90, other similar looking bottlings of it barely made it into 80s.

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...

BeatF

posted 3 Jan. 2012

BeatF gave this whisky 82 points

Color

Chestnutoloroso sherry

Nose

Asche, Torf, leichte Suesse, wunderbar zurueckhaltend, sehr harmonisch.

Taste

Immer noch aschig mit einer ganz leichten Bitterkeit, umflort von Suesse.

Finish

Die Torfigkeit weicht Feige und alles verabschiedet sich enttaeuschend rasch.

Comments

Keinerlei Fehler, jedoch fuer mich zu uninteressant, da ohne Ecken und Kanten. Es tut mir leid, dass ich hier dem Main-stream entgegen halten muss und keine tolle Punktezahl verteile. Habe ich hier allenfalls ein eher unguenstiges Outputjahr erwischt? Meine bereits angefangene Flasche aus einer fremden Bar herstammend hat einen seltsam lahmen Korken. Handelt es sich ev. um eine der "previous disappointing bottlings" gem. JM? Da muss ich halt einmal auch in eine ganz aktuelle Abfuellung hineinschmecken...

Master Quill

posted 8 Dec. 2011

Master Quill gave this whisky 88 points

I tasted two (`Port Ellen`) bottles. One from 2001 (89) and one from 2006 (87). My score is an average of these two.

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drkrylov

posted 5 Dec. 2011

drkrylov gave this whisky 95 points

Weighted rate

95

Nose - aroma

95

Initial taste

100

Body

95

Finish

90

Price

90

Presentation

95

Yuri Krylov

Junior

posted 11 Nov. 2011

Junior gave this whisky 83 points

Color

Russetmuscat

Nose

peat, iodine; after adding a little water, I discern some tangerine

Taste

heaps of well-balanced peat; starts sweet, but develops to sherry-dry; salty; dark chocolate; hints of pepper

Finish

medium-long; liquorice, grassy notes, peaty; nice n warm

Comments

Place: @home

Melvin

posted 3 Nov. 2011

Melvin gave this whisky 87 points

Color

Burnished

Nose

Rauch, Leder, Sherry, Speck maritim

Taste

S�¼ss, Rauch, Torf, am Gaumen angenehm trocken

Finish

Lang, wärmend

Comments

Sehr guter OA!

christophe_carles

posted 26 Oct. 2011

christophe_carles gave this whisky 87 points

Weighted rate

87

Nose - aroma

88

Initial taste

89

Body

88

Finish

88

Price

82

Presentation

82

SpiritHall

posted 7 Oct. 2011

SpiritHall gave this whisky 88 points

Color

Russetmuscat

Nose

Firm peat and iodine first on the nose. Then a sweet aroma follows.

Taste

Creamy, then salty, then iodine and peat.

Finish

Medium to long. Spicy, peat and iodine. Oily and dry.

Comments

Good balance. What seems to be a nice light Islay turns out to be a more complex and interesting experience; especially the iodine.
A very good Islay to have as your regular dram.

Willie JJ

posted 25 Sep. 2011

Willie JJ gave this whisky 88 points

Color

Amontillado sherry

Nose

iodine, carbolic, incense, sea air laced with seaweed and chocolate.

Taste

Lots of wood amongst the sweet/salt malt. Vanilla, coffee and bitter chocolate.

Finish

Shortish and salty.

Comments

Still a great dram, but it seems bland compared to Lagavulin from the past. That could be nostalgia though.

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

hsmithjr

posted 10 Aug. 2011

hsmithjr gave this whisky 85 points

Color

Burnished

Nose

Strong peat. Sulphur from sherry. Vanilla. Beach bonfires. Emergency room.

Taste

Huge peat attack! Strong sherry. Dry on the palate. Salt and iodine. Herbs.

Finish

Long and peaty. Spicy. Sea salt. Cut hay.

Comments

The biggest peat attack from a standard bottling. WOW!

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Feusi

posted 22 Jul. 2011

Feusi gave this whisky 94 points

Perfectly balanced sherry, peat and smoke in the nose. Fresh (citrus), sweet with a pleasant smoke. Oak and peat smoke in the long finish. Well balanced spicy sherry and peaty smoke, fruity with a perfect body. More i can not even say. Who has never tasted in miss something.

gunnie76

posted 17 Jul. 2011

gunnie76 gave this whisky 67 points

Maybe not my whisky to rate. I like peated whiskies but not as smoky as this. Not a topper for me. Sorry peat lovers. Ok but not great.

drkrylov

posted 15 Jul. 2011

drkrylov gave this whisky 95 points

Color

Amber

Nose

Sea spray, peat smoke. Stings the back of the nose.

Taste

Peaty dryness like gunpowder tea. As the palate develops, oily,

grassy, and, in particular, salty notes emerge.

Finish

Peat fire. Warming. A bear hug.

Comments

THE BEST!!!

Yuri Krylov

Zitch

posted 7 Jul. 2011

Zitch gave this whisky 82 points

Color

Burnished

Nose

Tourbe bien végétale, caoutchou, cire, cuir

Taste

La tourbe est bien mise en avant mais n'est pas ecoeurante, très bien équilibrée avec le sel et l'iode.

Finish

Finale un peu courte sur la tourbe à mon goût. Moins persistant qu'un ardbeg pourtant plus jeune.

Comments

Timo

posted 12 Jun. 2011

Timo gave this whisky 92 points

Color

Chestnutoloroso sherry

Nose

Die Nase ist mittel. Rauchig, Lagerfeuer, Leder, Torf.

Taste

Der Geschmack ist sehr komplex und wuchtig. Torfig, viel Rauch, malzig, weich.

Finish

Der Abgang ist sehr lang. Angenehm w�¼rzig, rauchig, torfig.

Comments

F�¼r mich beste erhältliche Standardabf�¼llung eines Single Malts.

mmaclean

posted 6 Jun. 2011

mmaclean gave this whisky 75 points

This is truly one of the classic malts of Scotland. You get some smoke, tar, brine, peat and smooth rich finish. If you like Islay than you will love this version. If you like sweet and citrus this is not the Scotch for you, come over to the Glenrothes side. That being said everyone that has a collection will have something from Lagavulin in it for all those sea water drinking earth loving folks.

Remember it\'s maturity that makes whisky great! That\'s why I Love The Glenrothes!

tomy63

posted 14 May. 2011

tomy63 gave this whisky 88 points

Color

Chestnutoloroso sherry

Nose

orge, fume, tourbe terreuse

Taste

tourbé, fumé, iodé, reglisse

Finish

fumee, boisee

Comments

Quaker

posted 29 Mar. 2011

Quaker gave this whisky 86 points

Color

Russetmuscat

Nose

Tourbé, iodé et marin. Il se fait aussi terreux et présente des notes de réglisse. Dans le creux de la main se dévoilent des senteurs de viandes fumées et d'eau de mer très iodée.

Taste

Tourbe et iode toujours. Quelques notes de poisson fumé viennent confirmer les impressions marines du nez. Une fois la bouteille ouverte depuis quelques mois, des notes sucrées (réglisse) se fondent et viennent arrondir les angles.

Finish

Dans la continuation de la bouche mais plus orientée sur la fumée.

Comments

Single malt puissant et plus carné que ses acolytes d'Islay du même prix. Ne pas hésiter à bien lui laisser prendre l'air lors d'une dégustation.

Jean-Brice

posted 31 Jan. 2011

Jean-Brice gave this whisky 87 points

Cooked mash	25
Yeasty	40
Citric	17
Cooked fruit	18
Fragrant	12
Medicinal	38
Smokey	65
Leathery	13
Old wood	13

JayR

posted 28 Jan. 2011

JayR gave this whisky 80 points

Color

Chestnutoloroso sherry

Nose

Apple, earth, peat,

Taste

Sweet, oily, butter, Cigar.

Finish

Bitter, peat, medium. Salt, cigar,

Comments

A great session scotch.

Dede

posted 22 Jan. 2011

Dede gave this whisky 89 points

Color

Burnished

Nose

Puissant et expressif, à la fois marin (iode, fruits de mer) et tourbé, sur le goudron, le Lapsang Souchong (thé fumé) et la saucisse passée au barbecue. Quelques notes fraîches (eucalyptus) se marient à de subtiles notes de fruits à peine acidulés, comme les petits morceaux de pommes séchées que l'on retrouve dans certains mueslis.

Taste

L'attaque est douce, fraîche et finalement légère. A ce stade, on pourrait craindre que le whisky ne se révèle aqueux, mais non, le milieu de bouche se réchauffe et gagne en intensité jusqu'à ce qu'explosent en bouche des saveurs iodées et fumées, toujours sur le thé fumé et la pomme séchée, avec une note de speck des plus agréables. La texture est fluide.

Finish

Plutôt longue pour les 43% de ce whisky, elle est très fumée et légèrement marine.

Comments

Un grand malt à petit prix, plus animal que les jeunes Islays le concurrençant.

"I can resist anything but temptation." O. Wilde

dankin

posted 7 Jan. 2011

dankin gave this whisky 87 points

Citric	20
Medicinal	70
Smokey	70
Kippery	30
Leathery	15
Old wood	30
Sherried	50

SilentStill

posted 19 Jul. 2010

SilentStill gave this whisky 87 points

Color

Tawny

Nose

Schoener, leichter, suesslicher Torfrauch, Spuren von frischem Leder, insgesamt recht ausgewogen und rund.

Taste

Ueberraschend suess, kalte Asche, dabei milder als noch in der Nase, eine Spur zu duenn, dabei aber wieder recht rund und mit ausgewogenem Koerper.

Finish

Von guter Laenge und dabei wohlig-waermend.

Comments

Einer der besten Standard-Abfuellungen der Insel Islay. Immer wieder gerne.

Roel

posted 4 Sep. 2009

Roel gave this whisky 88 points

Color

Deep copper

Nose

As always a big nose, surprising amount of oak. The peat attending as the greasy medicinal variety (oil, iodine). Seems to be a lot of sherried aromaââ��â��s around too, particularly ââ��˜Amarenaââ��â�� cherries.

Taste

Full salty peated seaweed. Iodine, of course, and dried fruits, dates, ripe cherries. The casks providing dry sherry too.

Finish

Long, dry and rather fruity peat.

Comments

Very balanced whisky that shows a continuous flow of liveliness and change. Clear, it is dominated by peaty notes, but not a one-sided oomph, it is more complex with the peat substrate interwoven. This applies to the 2007 bottling (88 points), the 2008 is different (86 points)

Rates

Overall rating

88.55

MM rate

88

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