Lagavulin 1976 37 Year Old
The Tasting Notes
Rich and complex with oily, scented smoke, honeyed toffee and spicy sandalwood.
The palate is rounded and richly enjoyable at natural strength. Sweet-smoky tropical fruits and charcoal introduce growing wood smoke threaded with sweet waves of honey, pine and chestnut.
The drying finish yeilds more lingering, fragrant smoke.
Details
Lagavulin 1976 37 Year Old is an exceptionally mature expression of the Islay single malt, distilled in 1976 and matured for 37 years. The whisky was matured in refill American and European oak casks, representing a long period of maturation for Lagavulin.
The original release described this bottling as the oldest and most precious Lagavulin the distillery had bottled at the time, reflecting the rarity of highly mature Lagavulin from a relatively small distillery.
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