Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.
Tasting
How it drinks
Sight
Deep amber-mahogany; the oloroso sherry casks at 16 years create rich, dark color — deeper even than the standard 16yo
Nose
A cask strength version of the 16yo profile but exclusively from oloroso sherry casks — essentially the definitive sherry-peated Lagavulin. Deep, dark, and magnificent. Rich oloroso sherry: dark fruit, Christmas cake, dark chocolate. Dry elegant peat smoke layered with leather, cigar box, and old furniture. Sea salt and iodine. The cask strength (56.2%) amplifies everything. Extraordinary nose — like the standard 16yo with the volume turned to maximum
Palate
A supercharged version of the classic 16yo DNA. All sherry cask, all cask strength — the result is breathtaking. Waves of dark dried fruit (fig, date, raisin, prune), dark chocolate, espresso, and oloroso wine alongside Lagavulin's signature dry elegant peat. Leather and cigar tobacco. Sea salt and maritime brine provide essential ballast. The 56.2% ABV delivers enormous intensity but the 16 years of maturation keep everything integrated and elegant. Water opens Christmas spice, candied ginger, and orange peel
Finish
Exceptionally long, multi-layered finish. Peat, sherry, leather, and sea salt unfold in waves. Dark chocolate and espresso on the tail. The finish rivals the 25yo for duration and complexity. A festival bottling that stands among the finest Lagavulins ever released
Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.
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