Lagavulin 12YO Special Release 2025 (Heirloom Amber)
The Tasting Notes
Bold, forthright nose with moderate prickle. Immediately phenolic, with smouldering peat, wood ash, then hints of cleansing soap and sticky plasters, maritime notes that call to mind rock pools, lobster pots, fresh scallops and dry oyster shells.
Smooth and lightly oily in texture, with a robust taste which is at once sweet, with dried fruit character, savoury spicy and salty, and soon develops powerfully smoky hints of peat. Smoother and sweeter with a drop of water, it remains full of life.
Very long, drying and lightly smoky, with lingering salt and more peat in the aftertaste. A little water adds some chilli pepper spice.
Details
Through the fire baked smoke, toasted cereal aromas and rich fruit rise.
Grain & Embers
Matured in refill casks and Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso-seasoned European oak butts.
Journey beyond convention, into the fire-baked embers and smoke of an artisan bakery.
Like the aroma of artisan bread, this Lagavulin expression whispers the ways of its makers. Follow your curiosity to complex layers that lie beyond the fire baked smoke. Take your time with taste. Those nuances of generational skill and tradition will unfold.
The maturation in Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso-seasoned European oak casks imparts intense notes of rich dried fruit like raisins, figs and dates; expertly employed to enhance the signature smoke in Lagavulin and lengthen the finish. The craft of kinship rises, and a taste of heritage lives on in warm, toasted cereal aromas.
In brief - a lively example of Lagavulin, boisterous and bumptious, brazenly displaying its distillery character.
From Lagavulin Whisky Distillery, Islay
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