Lagavulin 12 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 64 by Dave Broom and Arthur Motley.

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Tasting Notes

Dave Broom Nose Intense, fresh. Marine notes, salty seaweed, fresh fish. The smoke begins to charge out: smokehouse chimney. Sweet all the way. Palate Sweet start then it snags on the palate and starts to flow. The scented smoke rises to the top of the mouth the sweetness dips onto the tongue. Succulent, intense and marine. Finish Long and sweetly smoky. Comment You can see into this like a rockpool. Clean and pristine. Complexity building.

Arthur Motley Nose Obviously phenolic but also with sugared almonds, green tea and green peppercorns. Goosberries, soot and woodsmoke. Chinese restaurant seaweed. At times a pink dettol note. Palate More of that green tea, smoky almonds and some jalapeno spice. Finish Coal tar. Very dry. Comment Typical of this great distillery: satisfying and sophisticated.