this is my go-to. if i ever just want a whisky, i go here. there is a bar in vienna that over-stocks this if they know i have a work meeting there. it's just smooth and beautifully peated, well structured over the dram and a classic house statement. lagavulin do all sorts of "distillers editions", and "feis ile expressions" and "eight year olds" and what have you ... but the base 16 is a giant among islays. this is "last meal" stuff.