Corso_theRed scored this whisky 93 points 
A pretty epic whisky in my book. I don’t have comparative experience
with older bottlings of this, but supposedly they vary very little and
are continuously high quality. If you like medicinal peat smoke,
sweetness, and hours of nosing and tasting fun, this is definitely for
you!
with older bottlings of this, but supposedly they vary very little and
are continuously high quality. If you like medicinal peat smoke,
sweetness, and hours of nosing and tasting fun, this is definitely for
you!
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Medicinal smoke and dressing material with iodine blast your nose on the
first opening of the bottle. Intense! No alcohol what-so-ever. After
your nostrils got used to it, the smoke subsides a bit and turns
smoother (smoked ham!) and now there is delicious vanilla. You can find
brine, raisins, malt, and the sweetness is always present. It’s
wonderfully complex and you can sniff it for quite a while. -
Oh-so sweet with lots of malty goodness and peat smoke. Initially you
get ample associations of dark fruit – sweet ripe plums and cherry,
then, after a few seconds it turns a little drier with a touch of coffee
and bitter chocolate (Hello European oak!). I don’t always get the
salty notes though, sometimes they are there, and sometimes they are
not. -
Takes out the fire, but leaves in the warmth – is Lagavulin’s slogan
and that nails it down pretty good. It is long and warming with peat
smoke and sweetness.
