Distillerie | Lagavulin |
Embouteilleur | OB |
Serie | The Distillers Edition |
Mise en bouteille pour | |
Date de distillation | 2005 |
Date de mise en bouteille | 2020 |
Pays | Écosse |
Région | Islay |
Age | 15 |
Cask Type | Double Matured in Pedro Ximénez Sherry Casks |
Numéro de fût | lgv.4/509 |
Alcohol percentage | 43 |
Volume | |
État | dans son emballage d'origine |
Étiquette | Parfait |
Stock | 0 |
Wait, 2020-2005, that's not 16 years! But who's counting? Colour: deep gold. Nose: nice, fresher, more coastal, probably peatier, drier yet, with ashes, seaweed, a little mint, perhaps myrtle… No big sherry here, no excessive leafiness, no chocolate and coffee on the loose, no meat and mustard… So it is a cleaner DE, I would say. So far. Mouth: well, there is some leather, ginger, leaves and raisins, but that goes pretty well with the spirits sweetness. Good salt and oranges, tar. I would say we're a little closer to the 'regular' 16 years old, which cannot be bad news. Finish: good length, smoke, leather, cracked pepper, earth and mint, touch of molasses. Comments: it is not as sweetish as the '2019' and certainly less bittersweet. Rather more to my liking. Couldn't they switch to oloroso? No, I know, don't shoot, I was just jesting a wee bit.