After I heard that it was even used Moscatel casks they got from Caol Ila I think even more that the price is a no-go. They talked quite frankly about it, it's sort of a trash reduction if you will, the task was to find a way to re-use the old casks the Classic Malt Distilleries used for making their Distillers' Editions. As I said before, I like the idea of that experiment, but please don't fool us, it is not an extraordinary super sophisticated special vatting, it's just basic 16-year-old having been put in casks which would otherwise have been trashed.

As for my rating, I'd love to put a review here, using the weighted rate function, unfortunately being mobile this doesn't work. So it's low 80s for the nose, a little above 90 for the initial taste, again low 80s for Body and Finish. 85 for the presentation and 50 for the price. In my mind that adds up to a 78.

Just thought about it, I can be quite frank, too. You take the stuff which has a street price of about 40,-€ to 50,-€, put it in the rubbish of a neighboring distillery and sell it to the enthusiasts at the festival for almost four times the price! 
And then you hear sentences like "it doesn't matter, we're gonna sell the stuff anyway." yeah right, you probably are...

[May, 2017]  Yes, the price of 125 GBP is way too high when looking at it from a drinkers' perspective only.  But at least they dry out the greedy resellers that usually bought this case-wise and sold it via the Internet while still on Islay.  No big business for them anymore, and most probably it is still available at the distillery after the Feis.  Good for everyone who likes to buy a bottle when on Islay and in this respect I am willing to pay this premium (nevertheless it would have been better if they had sticked to the old standard price of 99 GBP)...

PS:  Hopefully everybody that is dissatisfied with the price tag of this Lagavulin told this either Georgie or Donald face-to-face during the Feis.  I did...

IMHO, the most important factor here is the price.

We (Whisky fans) probably pay the price for the speculation on the previous Feis-bottlings. Maybe the distillers also want their slice of the cake ?In some tasting reviews, this one probably pays a little bit the price of the comparison with the previous Feis-bottlings.So… is it cheap ? Nope. I’d tend to agree that 99GBP would have been fine (limit, but fine). Is it the most expensive bottling at this quality out there ? Nope.
Is it the best of the recent Laga Feis ? Nope, but these where exceptional.Is it drinkable ? Yep, absolutely. It’s an interesting one, knowing there aren’t THAT many Lagas popping up year after year.In my book, it’s an 88 (price not taken into account), which means it’s indeed too expensive, but still a (very) good dram. And for those pure speculators out there : it’s still collectible, but instead of + 200/+300%, you will probably have to settle for +100% “only” within the 2-4 years to come. How dreadful, I’ll shed a tear later on today.   

Served at the end of a Feis Ile tasting with bottlings from 2017 and 2021. The Lagavulin crowned the tasting with its elegance and richness of flavors.

Lagavulin 16 Feis Ile 2017 Moscatel Finish. Consumed July 2018. Aroma is plastic, dessert wine, plum. Taste is salty, smooth, iodine, quite medicinal for Lag, spicy and boozy with rough alcohol. Hmm. Water brings out the classic Lag nose but the spicy boozy hit remains. Just a bit 'rough' seeming and the flavours aren't coming together for me...Pretty disappointing. 3.25/78