Lagavulin / 1979 Distillers Edition, Pedro Ximenez Finish

Lagavulin

1979 Distillers Edition, Pedro Ximenez Finish

ABV 43%
REVIEWED Issue 6

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Specifications

Brand: Lagavulin
Expression: 1979 Distillers Edition, Pedro Ximenez Finish
Type: Scotland Whisky / Single Malt
Age: No Age Statement
ABV: 43%
Country/Region: Scotland
Bottling type: Standard (Distillery or blended)

Awards

Recommended
Issue 6

Tasting notes

Taster Michael Jackson

Nose: Fresh attack, with hits of peat, tar, sulphur and salt, soothed with beeswax.
Palate: Rich and extremely sweet, then smoky, becoming medicinal and eventually seaweedy.
Finish: Pepper, salt, sand.
Comment: The wrestling match between distillery character and Pedro Ximinez finish ends, at length, in a draw.

9.5

Taster Jim Murray

Nose: Extraordinary fruit: cherries mainly but some fresh grape, too. Very winey and this drifts in and out of the peat gathering in intensity.
Palate: Immediately spicy, but the peat arrives with a beautifully clean grape. Peat dominates over coffee.
Finish: Some salty notes are added to the coffee and the fabulously lingering peat. Long and satisfying.
Comment: A big improvement on the first version with much more fruit, body and intensity. Beautiful.

9.0

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