Powerful & peaty, the king of Islay, a small batch of Lagavulin matured in refill American oak casks. This bottle is part of the "Rare by Nature" collection, which celebrates whiskies with distinctive maturation techniques, rare finishes, and unexpected taste profiles. This year’s cask strength releases, bring to life the unique character of each of the distilleries. The bottlings are all extremely rare limited editions.
Tasting notes
Bright gold
A classic Lagavulin with a mild nose and light prickle. The nose is highly phenolic, with clean, fresh mint notes and aromas of a recently extinguished peat fire. Slightly savoury with a mineral, maritime notes, sea air, tarry ropes, seaweed and sand. With water, the last comes to dominate, quietly.
Medium-bodied at natural strength, smooth in texture and unexpectedly sweet, intense and very smoky with light acidity and a sprinkle of sea salt.
Long, warming, sweet and delightfully smoky. Mildly drying, leaving the breath smoky. With water, it gets sweeter and smoother.
Lagavulin is a classic Islay malt of majestic size with a history of more than two hundred years. The distillery stands in a rocky bay, in the crowning centre rising the ruins of the castle of the noble family that reigned over the island of Islay long ago. Today Lagavulin itself is the unchallenged master of the island.
