LAGAVULIN 2001 AGED 15 YEARS | 200th Anniversary Private Collector’s Edition
An Islay Malt
ABV 54.2%
264 Bottles Charged
This fine Lagavulin is a mighty, self-assured dram. After a light nose prickle, there are wonderful medicine chest aromas with a distant peaty hint of still-smouldering beach bonfire. Wave-lashed wood, then snuffed candles; wet seaweed on the shore and a sharp whiff of iodine. The texture is wonderfully smooth, the taste sweet yet also mouth-wateringly salty, before waves of scented smoke roll in, with wet charcoal and hemp rope. The big finish is smoky and long lasting with a lingering aftertaste of smoke and char.
Whisky experts and collectors have called it, “A full-on Lagavulin with bags of smoke and medicinal flavors”, “Ethereal and elemental - a constant shape shifter”, “An unusual balance of brine, brawn and beauty”, and; “Wonderful. Life affirming. Lovely. All the malt I need.”