I hadn't tasted the Lagavulin 16 Years in a long time, and used to always think it was good, but also slightly overrated. Not anymore though.
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Cured meats alongside hints of tar, rubber and charcoal, as well as bonfire, driftwood and camphor. Also whiffs of hemp rope and salted caramel, but then a gentle fruitiness highlighted by clementines and white peaches.
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Texture is quite viscous, even at this low alcohol percentage, and there’s a pleasant salinity as well. Sugar-coated peanuts with smoked barley husks, grilled beef, black olives and oranges, as well as earthy peat, tar and seaweed. Very happy with this.
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Medium length. A sprinkle of salt, some walnuts and syrupy caramel, as well as lingering notes of iodine and diesel.
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