Description
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This is the 12th release of 12 year old Lagavulin from Diageo. A perennial favourite, balancing price against a punchy cask strength edition of whisky from one of Islay's most mysterious distilleries.
Appearance: Notably pale green-gold. Delicate beading.
Nose: Soft and beguiling. Farmyard smells like soft goats cheese on a bed of straw. Soon strengthened by the reassuring arrival of carbolic soap and wood smoke, echoed in notes of spent match and wood ash, with a splash of malt vinegar on fresh sourdough bread. The smoky sharpness is soon softened by smooth, sweet, vanilla custard with a fruity, cleansing tang. Water brings up seaside summer smells, with a trace of lemon - imagine drifting close to shore on a plastic water-bed, holding a home-made lemonade. The sea-air is salty, theres a distant thread of smoke on the horizon, and the hot, sandy beach is dusty and dry.
Body: Light. Medium
Palate: Bitter-sweet, smooth and vibrant, with lemon or lime zest. Distinctly herbal, with smooth, dark chocolate; then drying, with ash and coal tar: masses of aromatic smoke, cleansing lemon and a piercing pine resin freshness. Better mannered with water; still sweet and zesty, but now fuller, smoother and richer, and just slightly salty. Its as though simple mixed dried fruit has become rich fruitcake baked in a woodfired oven.
Finish: Lengthy and warming, with notes of smoky tar.
Alc: 56%
Bottle Size: 700ml
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