Lagavulin 21 years old
6642 bottles. ABV 56.5%. RSP £110. From first fill Spanish Sherry European Oak casks filled in 1985, each 21 years old.
"Complexity personified. A truly stunning whisky, forthright and extremely assured. This is as good a Lagavulin as you’ve ever tasted! Superb!"
Destilleriets smaksnotater
Appearance: Full, rich amber.
Nose: Big and rounded. At first, richly sweet: soft toffee, crème brulée, dried fig. Just keeps growing in the glass. Behind, fragrant natural oils, beeswax, polished oak furniture. Then, citrussy wood smoke with freshly ground peppercorns, burnt sugar, treacle toffee. Becomes increasingly maritime: wet-suit, iodine. Then exotic, concentrated, musky. With water, not so heavy, herbal, with more tar, like a herb-based cough medicine.
Body: Rich, full-bodied and sweet.
Palate: Great maturity. Wonderful thick mouthfeel at full strength: fine structure, with enormous authority. Oily. Nutty. Sesame oil? Sweet and rich, with a fascinating battle between sweet and salty underneath and rich, peppery, wood smoke. Stem ginger. Hugely complex and deep. With water, smoother, sweeter (dried fruit) saltier (brine) and smokier (smoked beef). Silky yet firm.
Finish: Dark, richly smoky and urbane, long into the night. Complex mix of pepper, rancio, peat and new leather.
Vår kommentar
MmmmLagavulin, en av de store favorittene blant alle peat freaks, og umåtelig populær i Norge. I fjor fikk vi både 12-åringen og Distillers Edition hit til landet, 12-åringen vant publikumsprisen for beste whisky over 12 år på Oslo Whiskyfestival, og i november kommer enda en tapning. Aldri før har Lagavulin blitt tappet på first-fill sherryfat (sherryfat som blir brukt til whisky for første gang), så dette kan bli en interessant match.
Pris: NOK 1500,-
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