{"id":431,"date":"2013-03-12T21:49:09","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T05:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukerymarz.com\/ratingpending\/?p=431"},"modified":"2013-03-18T17:57:56","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T01:57:56","slug":"whisky-review-lagavulin-16-year-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lukerymarz.com\/ratingpending\/2013\/03\/whisky-review-lagavulin-16-year-old.html","title":{"rendered":"Whisky Review: Lagavulin 16 Year Old"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Name:<\/td>\nLagavulin 16 Year Old<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spirit Type:<\/td>\nSingle Malt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Age:<\/td>\n16 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Region:<\/td>\nIslay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Year Distilled:<\/td>\n1995<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Year Bottled:<\/td>\n2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Cask Maturation:<\/td>\nPrimarily American Oak(bourbon)Probably finished in Sherry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Alcohol %:<\/td>\n\u00a043%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Color:<\/td>\nAmber + 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Date Purchased:<\/td>\n2012.09<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Price:<\/td>\n~$60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Information<\/h3>\n

Lagavulin is a Diageo-owned distillery and part of Diageo’s “Classic Malts” collection, which seeks to represent various regions of Scotland. \u00a0Lagavulin whisky is rich, heavy, and full-bodied, but could do with a little bit better presentation in my opinon (make it 46% and get rid of the color\/chill-filtration!). \u00a0Nevertheless, Lagavulin is a favorite of many malt lovers. \u00a0Its quality has not gone unnoticed!<\/p>\n

Nose<\/h3>\n

Creamy vanilla smoke. \u00a0Licorice, coconut, and … wet candy cane. \u00a0Rich, earthy, and fruity.<\/p>\n

Palate<\/h3>\n

Richly sweet at first, followed by a smoky crescendo. \u00a0Syrupy mouthfeel. \u00a0Wonderful balance between smoke and sweet dried fruit. \u00a0Does not taste like pure American Oak maturation (the reason I suspect the sherry finish).<\/p>\n

Finish<\/h3>\n

Long, warm, sweet smoke.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/h3>\n

Lagavulin deserves your time. \u00a0There are many more words to describe it than I’ve listed here. \u00a0In fact, it is one of those whiskies that I can’t quite crack just yet – its depth is beyond my abilities! \u00a0I can only imagine how good it would be if they would present it properly!<\/p>\n

Overall Rating: 90\/100<\/h3>\n

Compare To:<\/p>\n

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  • Ardbeg Uigeadail<\/li>\n
  • Laphroaig (18 or Triple Wood, perhaps)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Lagavulin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Name: Lagavulin 16 Year Old Spirit Type: Single Malt Age: 16 years Region: Islay Year Distilled: 1995 Year Bottled: 2011 Cask Maturation: Primarily American Oak(bourbon)Probably finished in Sherry Alcohol %: \u00a043% Color: Amber + 2 Date Purchased: 2012.09 Price: ~$60 Information Lagavulin is a Diageo-owned distillery and part of Diageo’s “Classic Malts” collection, which seeks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lagavulin","category-whisky"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lukerymarz.com\/ratingpending\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lukerymarz.com\/ratingpending\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lukerymarz.com\/ratingpending\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lukerymarz.com\/ratingpending\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lukerymarz.com\/ratingpending\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/lukerymarz.com\/ratingpending\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":464,"href":"http:\/\/lukerymarz.com\/ratingpending\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions\/464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lukerymarz.com\/ratingpending\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lukerymarz.com\/ratingpending\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lukerymarz.com\/ratingpending\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lukerymarz.com\/ratingpending\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}