Lagavulin
8.6

Lagavulin

12 Years Old

ABV 56.1%

You can see into this like a rockpool. Clean and pristine. Complexity building.

Dave Broom

Specification

Lagavulin

Brand

Lagavulin

Bottler

12 Years Old

Expression

Single Malt

Type

12

Age (Years)

2006

Year of Bottling

56.1%

ABV

Islay

Region/Country

Standard (Distillery or blended)

Bottling Type

Tasting Notes

Dave Broom

Taster

Nose: Intense, fresh. Marine notes, salty seaweed, fresh fish. The smoke begins to charge out: smokehouse chimney. Sweet all the way.

Palate: Sweet start then it snags on the palate and starts to flow. The scented smoke rises to the top of the mouth the sweetness dips onto the tongue. Succulent, intense and marine.

Finish: Long and sweetly smoky.

Comment: You can see into this like a rockpool. Clean and pristine. Complexity building.

Score: 8.3

Arthur Motley

Taster

Nose: Obviously phenolic but also with sugared almonds, green tea and green peppercorns. Gooseberries, soot and wood smoke. Chinese restaurant seaweed. At times a pink Dettol note.

Palate: More of that green tea, smoky almonds and some jalapeño spice.

Finish: Coal tar. Very dry.

Comment: Typical of this great distillery: satisfying and sophisticated.

Score: 8.8

8.6
Overall Score

From The Distillery

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