Jose-Massu-Espinel
Lagavulin 10 Year
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed
April 8, 2020 (edited August 25, 2024)
A beautiful new travel exclusive, the king of Islay delivers a 10yo expression, which might seem young for some people, but peat heads such as myself know that 10 years old is a nice age for smoky whiskies.
Bottled at 43%abv
On the nose, pretty complex for a 10yo: spent matches, iodine, vanilla sweetness, "shoe store", sea foam, very maritime; oysters.
On the palate it is as nice, vanilla, fried pork, vanilla milkshake (i swear) and smoke.
Aftertaste is mild filled with spices, oregan, english sauce for barbecues and salt.
Overall this would make a good entry to islay whiskies for those who have never tasted one. For more experienced whisky drinkers it is a nice new member od the family but it wouldn't surprise me if people prefer the 16yo. My score for it is 85 out of 100.
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