Lagavulin The Distillers Edition 2020 43% 2005

Distileerderij	Lagavulin
Bottelaar	OB
Serie	The Distillers Edition
Gebotteld voor
Gedistilleerd op	2005
Gebotteld	2020
Land	Schotland
Streek	Islay
Leeftijd	15
Cask Type	Double Matured in Pedro Ximénez Sherry Casks
Vatnummer	lgv.4/509
Alcohol percentage	43
Inhoud	0,70
Conditie	In originele verpakking
Etiket	Perfect
Voorraad	0

Professionele reviews

Serge Valentin (84)

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.

BOW (89)