Lagavulin 1979 Distillers Edition, Pedro Ximenez Finish Tasting notes and reviews
Lagavulin 1979 Distillers Edition, Pedro Ximenez Finish
- Brand
- Lagavulin
- Expression
- 1979 Distillers Edition, Pedro Ximenez Finish
- Type
- Scotch Whisky ~ Single Malt
- Abv
- 43.00%
- Vintage
- 1979
- Produced at
- Lagavulin Distillery
- Region
- Islay
- Website
- www.malts.com
- Availability
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Lagavulin 1979 Distillers Edition | £499.00 |
Michael Jackson
95- Nose
- Fresh attack, with hits of peat, tar, sulphur and salt, soothed with beeswax.
- Palate
- Rich and extremely sweet, then smoky, becoming medicinal and eventually seaweedy.
- Finish
- Pepper, salt, sand.
- Comment
- The wrestling match between distillery character and Pedro Ximinez finish ends, at length, in a draw.
Jim Murray
90- Nose
- Extraordinary fruit: cherries mainly but some fresh grape, too. Very winey and this drifts in and out of the peat gathering in intensity.
- Palate
- Immediately spicy, but the peat arrives with a beautifully clean grape. Peat dominates over coffee.
- Finish
- Some salty notes are added to the coffee and the fabulously lingering peat. Long and satisfying.
- Comment
- A big improvement on the first version with much more fruit, body and intensity. Beautiful.
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