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Lagavulin Distillers Edition
Lagavulin Distillers Edition
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Lagavulin Distillers Edition
 43%    |    70cl

Double matured in Pedro Ximinez cask wood, this is a mellow Lagavulin, peat-rich, sweet and very more-ish.
Double matured in Pedro Ximinez cask wood, this is a mellow Lagavulin, peat-rich, sweet and very more-ish.

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"Peat and iodine are not all. There's got to be texture and complexity. And this one has got it all."

Martine Nouet 2008, Whisky Magazine, Issue 69

The perfect
SERVE

Lagavulin Distiller's Edition reveals more of its intensity with a drop of water.

Pairing
WHISKY &...

Lagavulin works well as an accompaniment to seafood like mussels or oysters.

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Pairing
WHISKY &...

Lagavulin's mighty flavours are delicious when combined with Gorgonzola, Roquefort or Stilton – or any other aged blue cheese.

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18 + 20 /40 95

Lagavulin Distillers Edition On The Flavour Map
Taste the character and craft in every drop.

Smoky Rich Delicate Light

Region

The distinguished brother from Islay’s coast.

Appearance

Golden treacle.

Nose

Intense peat and vanilla. A raisin sweetness checks the smoke. Iodine-edged peat and crisp, roasty malt. Satisfying and enticing.

Body

Full bodied and rich in texture.

Palate

A clear, grassy malt, then the peat lands – smoke filling the mouth. A very salty tang, the middle offers coffee, vanilla and fruit.

Finish

Incredibly long, even by Islay standards. Fruit, peat and long-lasting oak. Very chewable.

Information:

Distillery: LagavulinTM

Age: Varies

Strength: 43% ABV

Place of Origin: Islay

Region: Island

Taste:

in brief… Powerful, peat-rich, sweet and very more-ish.

in a sentence… A really distinctive and distinguished dram, full of peat and brine, while the sherry wood naturally has a big say. A more mellow Lagavulin, not quite as deep or intense as the 16 year old.

Nose:

An absorbing intensity of peat-reek plus considerable vanilla. A raisiny sweetness keeps the smoke in check. The peat has the gentlest of iodine edges and the malt is crisp and roasty. A satisfying aroma - significantly rich and enticing.

Palate:

Sweet and fat on the mouth with very clear, almost grassy, malt showing for a second or two before the peat launches into a no-holds-barred attack, smoke filling every crevice of the mouth There is a very salty tang at one point and the middle offers coffee and vanilla plus just an outline of fruit.

AWARDS
Don't just take our word for it...

International Spirits Challenge

International Spirits Challenge
Silver

2011

International Spirits Challenge

International Spirits Challenge
Gold

2008 - 2010

International Wine and Spirit Competition

International Wine and Spirit Competition
Gold (Best in Class)

2007 - 2009

San Francisco World Spirits Competition

San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Silver

2007

San Francisco World Spirits Competition

San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Double Gold

2008 - 2009

The Scotch Whisky Masters

The Scotch Whisky Masters
Gold

2009

The Scotch Whisky Masters

The Scotch Whisky Masters
Master

2010

Expert Reviews
Insights from some of the best in the business

"The pedro ximinez cask finish certainly gives as much as it takes away when compared to the benchmark 16 year old. An array of complex ripe fruit, interwoven with notes of pot still rum, toffee, tar, seaweed, and brine on the finish. It seems logical to marry this big, smoky Islay whisky with an equally big, sweet, fruity sherry. In this case, the marriage works wonderfully."

John Hansell, The Whisky Advocate Summer 2008

"What it loses in character it gains in a different dimension of distinctiveness."

Michael Jackson 2000, Whisky Magazine, Issue 8

"The pedro ximinez cask finish certainly gives as much as it takes away when compared to the benchmark 16 year old. An array of complex ripe fruit, interwoven with notes of pot still rum, toffee, tar, seaweed, and brine on the finish. It seems logical to marry this big, smoky Islay whisky with an equally big, sweet, fruity sherry. In this case, the marriage works wonderfully."

John Hansell, The Whisky Advocate Summer 2008

"What it loses in character it gains in a different dimension of distinctiveness."

Michael Jackson 2000, Whisky Magazine, Issue 8

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