After suffering a little dissapointment with the Talisker Diageo Special Release 2022, i had my faith on the Lagavulin from the same collection, with a lovely phoenix in the label. This natural cask strength bottling is 57.3%abv, and it is said that the master distiller picked the smokiest casks of the warehouse to put together this single malt. Well, as soon as i uncorked it i said "Woooohoooo!" The aroma was absolutely incredible. Coffee, a marvelous cocoa note that is filled with peat. Earthy and smokey; bacon notes. Medicinal profile as well. It is so powerful on the nose, but in a very good way. Plastic and gooseberries. After the first sip it released chocolate notes. A fish market. Hazelnuts. SPECTACULAR. On the palate it is perfect. Chocolate, hazelnut, Nutella, salt. It is wonderful, awesome, amazing and every other adjective you can imagine. Aftertaste is simply out of this world. Ashes, chocolate, smoke, meat with salt. You can feel that lovely layer of grease from a properly piece of meat perfectly done in a BBQ. In conclusion, this is one of the greatest Lagavulins i have had, and believe me, that is quite the statement. It is better than most whiskies i have had in 2022 and i will definitively have this one on my top ten tasted whiskies from this year. I wish i could give it a thousand points, but i will stick to some serious review score of 100 over 100. It can't be any better. Trust me. Sláinte.