Lagavulin 12 Year (2018 Special Release)

Peaty, damp, iodine, and superbly complex.

Uncorking- Nose- Smoke and ash, peat, salty air, some slightly sweet caramel and vanilla. Taste- full, oily, rich instant peat smoke, ash, you get some oak and hints of light fruit. It gets sweeter with a few drops of water with more vanilla/caramel. The smoke gets more distinct too but didn't seem stronger or lighter. Finish- might have to make the notes tomorrow. So long I kept forgetting and taking another sip. This is minutes and it's sweetness with smoke. Not meat smoke, it's peat and wood. Some hints of orange citrus lingering around I wasn't getting earlier.

This is a fantastic dram. Iron fist in a velvet glove. Powerful peat and smoke yet delicate and complexe