Lagavulin 16 has been my favorite Islay single malt whisky for decades. Sure, there are lots of other great scotches, but this just ticked off all the boxes for me: smokey, salty, peat and sweet/sour grain, not overpowering, just the flavor sweet spot. And now this Distillers Edition kicks it up a notch. Distilled 2006, bottled 2021, batch number lgv.4/510, 43% ABV, $110 (15 bucks more than the Lag16 here in Utah). Double-matured in ex-bodega Pedro Ximenez sherry cask wood. Nose is sweet raisins and malt, with a wiff of smoke. Sherry, raisins, and oak tannins, malted grain and salt in the mouth. A little ethanol burst. Color is a little rosier than the 16, but not far off. Average legs coating the glass. The finish is smoke, oak, and light peat, sweet but a spicy finish lingers, leaving a tingle softened by sweet fruit. I'm a fan of port and sherry casked whisk[e]y. I find them round and sometimes more interesting in adding another flavor profile to grain and vanilla oak--their fruit forward quality. This is one of those, well worth the modest cost bump from the regular 16 year whisky. A new top shelf favorite.