Beverage Testing Institute · August 2018
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Lagavulin 16 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 750ml
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Product Description
Loch water rushing over rocky falls, barley malted over moorland peat, alow distillation and long maturation in oak casks; all help us to shape Lagavulin's robust and smoky character. "Time," say the islanders, TAKES OUT THE FIRE but LEAVES IN THE WARMTH. Lagavulin Many believe that this is one of the oldest distillery sites in Scotland. In 1816 local farmer and distiller John Johnston founded the first legal distillery here at Lagavulin (pronounced Laga-voolin, after the Gaelic Laggan Mhouillin, "the hollow where the mill is"). Today, the four onion-shaped stills at Lagavulin are neatly tucked into a whitewashed jumble of buildings by the sea on Islay's (pronounced Eye-la) rocky southern shore, guarded by the imposing ruin of Dunyvaig Castle. There's nothing hurried about life on Islay or about dark, instense Lagavulin, which received the slowest distillation of any Islay malt, then spends sixteen years in old oak casks before being bottled. Pungent and potent, this is the great Islay malt. With richly peaty, deep, smoky flavours, it has an intense, long, ambrosial finish. Lagavulin is the majestic Islay destination on a journey around Scotland's six malt whisky making regions. The other Classic Malts are: GLENKINCHIE Lowland DALWHINNIE Highland CRAGGANMORE Speyside TALISKER Island OBAN Western Highland Display Tubes/Boxes: Display boxes subject to availability.
Product Specs
| Alcohol by Volume | 43.0% |
| Country of Origin | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
| UPC | 088110140052 |
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Awards & Scores
Critic reviews and blind-tasting competition results for this bottle.
What critics and judges wrote
IWSC judges · Silver · 2026
Inviting aromas of black tea and toasted oats lead to a complex palate of sweet orange, smoky bacon, nuts, and spice, with gentle peat and brown sugar on the lingering finish.
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Show 3 more notes, 2017 to 2025
Vibrant green leaves and apple sauce intertwined with a whisper of soft peat smoke. Fresh fruit, hints of liquorice, and gentle layers of smoke, culminating in a rich, meaty depth.
Very fragrant peat smoke, maple syrup, treacle and demerara sugar with wood spices and orange marmalade. Bold and smoky but gentle and sweet at the same time. Bit of tarred rope balanced by tropical fruit sweetness and a well-aged quality.
We have nose of plums, pork pie with apple spices apple sauce and soft peated notes. The palate is delicate smoke of burning bracken and toffee apple by a bonfire and, star fruit sharon fruit.
Distiller · Stephanie Moreno
Peat smoke is integrated throughout the dram and that lavish mouthful of whisky that you are experiencing leads to the discovery of seaweed, fruit, and tobacco. Hedonists, this one's for you.
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Wine Enthusiast · P.P. · June 2006
Soy sauce, olive brine, peat, honey, oloroso Sherry, brewer's yeast, bread dough, barley malt and cigar smoke in the bouquet. … Concludes sweetly, without sacrificing the tangy, astringent peatiness that is inherent. Gorgeous.
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Competition medals
San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Gold 2026Gold 2025Double Gold 2024Best in Show 2022Double Gold 2022
International Spirits Challenge
Show 5 earlier medals, 2008 to 2015
Tokyo Whisky & Spirits Competition
20 medals from 5 competitions, 2008 to 2026.
Tasting Notes
Flavor profile
How strongly each flavor family shows up across 8 notes from 4 publications, weighted by source.
- Herbal & greenblack tea, vibrant green leavesLight
- Fruityfruit, sweet orange, apple sauce, fresh fruit, orange marmaladeLight
- Sweethoney, Concludes sweetly, brown sugar, maple syrup, treacleLight
- Oak & maltbread dough, barley malt, oak barrels, toasted oats, nutsLight
- Smokepeat, cigar smoke, intense peatiness, astringent peatiness, peat smoke is integrated throughout the dramClear
- Spicespice, wood spices, apple spicesLight
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Lagavulin 16 Year Old against other Scotch whiskies we carry. Closer dots taste more alike.
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Flavor scores are our estimates. A flavor scores higher when more critics mention it and when they describe it more strongly, so no single review sets the result. They are not a rating from any publication.
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