jumalhamara
Lagavulin 16 Year
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed
March 24, 2019 (edited November 4, 2019)
Immortal and undying classics.
Beautiful dark-dark amber bronze color.
Nose is heavily peated, very warming with strong iodine, medicinal notes. But the peat and smoke just form the shape whilst the core is ultimately sweet based on burnt sugar and rough vanilla and creme-brûlée aroma. Some citrus as well.
Yet in the taste dominates the sweetness which is paramount to the tongue. Again vanilla, burnt sugar. Peat is recognizable, but it is more about bitumen, iodine and tar. Almost no smoky notes.
Finish is massive and overwhelming with spicy notes. Shockingly intense. Aftertaste is long and full of peat and, again, iodine.
It is supposed to be sipped quietly with no haste during the long dark winter nights.
All-time favorite among the peated malts.
75.0
EUR
per
Bottle
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