An icon, and a must-try for any scotch fan. Moderate, medicinal peat on the nose, with a mix of sweet and savory that I liken to frying applewood smoked bacon in an apple orchard in summer. The palate is full, rich, and sweet but with some iron in it, and again that medicinal note that carries across all three phases. Lagavulin is not as smoky as its closest brethren, Laphroaig or Ardbeg. Then you hit the signature Lagavulin finish, one of the most memorable in the world--peat, smoke, a unique taste almost like burnt rubber or asphalt (but in an intoxicating way), closing out with oakiness and a medicinal, sweet coda. Elegantly warming, no burn, and one of the longest finishes you'll find.