Lagavulin 1995

Name: Lagavulin 1995
Brand: Lagavulin
SKU: 40926
Rating: 90.2 (528 reviews)

Overall rating: 90.20/100
votes: 528

Whiskybase ID: 40926
Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Lagavulin
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: The Distillers Edition
Vintage: 1995
Bottled: 2013
Calculated age: 18 years old
Casktype: Pedro Ximénez Sherry Casks
Number of bottles: 3000
Strength: 43.0 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Label: lgv.4/501
Bottle code: L3052CM000
Barcode: 5000281013480
Added on: 20 Mar 2013 7:55 pm

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Whisky Reviews for Lagavulin 1995

77 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 90.20 points

checkpointuk scored this whisky 91 points
26 Apr 2013 11:24 am

http://www.weinkenner.de/2013/lagavulin-distillers-edition-die-story-und-die-aktuelle-abfuellung-im-tasting-27350/ Color: Old Gold / Bright Amber
Nose: Sparkling and refreshing orange with subtle vanilla flavors and a dash of lemon juice. Emerging peaty smoke paired with iodine, seaweed and algae. In addition a pleasant spice and notes of coal, ashes, tobacco leaves and a pinch of black pepper.
Taste: At the beginning rather dull with peat, smoke, coffee and dry ash. This is followed by malty Roestaromen with vanilla and a fruity lemon-orange mix. Only now, the sweet sherry flavors from the PX Fass prevail. In addition, the whisky smokier and saltier.
Finish: Long, soft and dry smoky. The peat and the oak wood settle through stronger, so that the finish is a bit tart. Towards the end, delicious cocoa and chocolate aromas are added, which remain on the tongue for a long time.
Comment: A wonderful, complex and multi-layered Distillers Edition!
Not so sweet, so that could give the impression that the PX Cask Finish was short lived.
91 points (nose: 91 / taste: 91 / finish: 90)
Archer scored this whisky 91 points
28 Jan 2018 11:03 am
Fantastic, no comparison to the current Distillers Editions. He also does not need more Vol.%, But he is just as he is, just good.

Nose

Hm, very noble. The peat smoke is subtle, but wonderfully naseschmeichelnd. Roasted orange slices, juicy blackberries, blackcurrants, almond puree, everything perfectly coordinated, a round thing.

Taste

Full and oily, almost creamy, with more pronounced smoke than in the nose. A big ham, just taken from the smokehouse. Again redcurrants, now as a compote, British marmalade with bits, not so bitter. Pepper comes .... First, he literally glides over the tongue and then gets stuck everywhere. Very intense taste experience.

Finish

Long and not too dry, lots of spicy smoked ham, pepper, red berries. The finish takes and does not end.
didi1893 scored this whisky 92 points
30 Aug 2020 2:07 pm
Harmonious and mild, powerful and voluminous, peaty and fruity ... This DE is wonderfully harmoniously balanced and for me the best Lagavulin DE I've ever tried!

23/23/23/23 (92P)

Nose

Creamy caramel shines in the Premium Snifter, oily legs pull their greasy tracks on the glass wall, and intense peat smoke rises. Mild and fruity, peat and slightly mineral smoke come together, raisins and caramel are added, abrasion from old orange peel in combination of lemons and grapefruit give off their sour aroma. Iodine, algae, seaweed and salt water give the Laga a wonderful maritime touch, grilled apricots play with pork belly fat soaked in butter, charred wooden elements emerge slightly smoky. Tobacco and leather are minimal, and suddenly my saliva is stimulated.

Taste

The first sip flows mildly and fruity through the palate, gradually peat and smoke are added, burnt wood and fly ash leave a pleasant tingling on the tongue. A slightly sharp film sticks greasily to the tongue, salt and pepper massage the tip of the tongue, and ashy streaky bacon and grilled fruit emerge. Citrus fruits end in sea salt and seaweed, iodine and mineral smoke followed by warm peat and earthy notes, a few dashes of espresso and lemon juice are added, roasted hazelnuts and dry leaves rest on the palate. Caramel and a touch of toffee, oranges and apricots, creamy fruit elements merge with smoky peat and maritime influences.

Finish

Warm peat and a hint of mineral smoke rest creamy on the palate before creamy, dried grapes and berries are added. Charcoal, salt, earth, dried fruits, citrus aromas, caramel and hints of fried bacon allow the aftertaste to rest on the palate for what feels like an eternity.
ASWhisky scored this whisky 90 points
19 Jan 2014 3:16 pm
a great whisky
harmonious and yet with a little inner tension through an interplay of flavors
I find it perfect that the PX Cask Finish character is rather subliminal and not so dominant
i have touched the sky

Nose

initially surprisingly fresh with Zitusfüchten and vanilla
behind it heavy wood and smoke flavors> tobacco, leather>

Taste

Malt, wood, oak> then sweetness, dried citrus fruits, tingling fresh sweetness,> spanish late summer on the tongue .. wow port wine (sherry), olives (salt), small fish (sea), herbs (seasoning), sun (warming )

Finish

long> salt, smoke, there's Islay,> dark chocolate, cocoa powder with a little sherry cherry and again spain
> at the very end old leather with best regards from Lagavulin;)
ThePolyhedric scored this whisky 91 points
03 Feb 2020 8:41 am

The best Lagavulin I ever tested. Perfect balanced, harmonious and with an incredible lasting finish.
podrum_whisky_lounge scored this whisky 95 points
01 Aug 2019 8:03 pm

best lagavulin destillers edition that I ever drank. I love the destillers edition but this one is definitely my favorite! and I'm so lucky to have two of them :)
pianoman scored this whisky 90 points
04 Oct 2018 9:38 pm
Nose

Barbecue smoke, lemons, a little salt and a touch of blood orange. Vanilla, freshly ground coffee, a trace of iodine. Tobacco leaves, old leather.

Taste

Round, slightly oily. Light honey, grilled apricots, steak pepper with hickory smoke. Vanilla, espresso. Dark chocolate with candied ginger. A trace of wood ash.
peatjens scored this whisky 95 points
07 Jun 2018 3:01 am
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Goethe scored this whisky 92 points
17 Jul 2015 8:45 pm
It's a summer evening on the coast at Port Ellen. There is a barbecue going on with black halibut covered with a maritime marinade grilled on some woodsticks dashed with sherry. A really great whisky.

Concerning price/performance ratio: 9/10

Nose

Smoke, wood, sherry, iodine, sea, ripe red fruits, dark chocolate.

Taste

Smoke, ashes, salt, sweet PX in the back.

Finish

Long. Ashes, salt, dark chocolate.
Baanaanaabob scored this whisky 91 points
16 Jun 2020 5:59 pm

not the most complex but very nice integration of peat and sherry there

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