Elements of Islay Lg8

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A 12 year old Lagavulin from 2 ex-Bourbon Barrels filled in 2006, bottled at 59.5%. Exclusive to KWM, only 24 bottles. 90pts Serge @WhiskyFun.org.

Producer Description: "That classic mingling of sooty fires, barbecue meat and sweet fruit characterise our eighth bottling from this Kildalton distillery, making for a deliciously comforting dram."

Andrew's Tasting Note

Nose: grassy and malty with juicy barley sugars, dried apricots and winegums; creamy with soft vanilla and and firm coatal maritime peat.

Palate: round, malty and firmly peated with clean but crisp smoke; tarry with Russian coffee dregs, smoked mussles and salted Dutch licorice; more winegums, dried apricots and peaches n cream; caol soot and cigar ash.

Finish: juicy but drying with more ashy-tarry-peaty-smoke; more malt, smoke, fruit and Russian coffee dregs.

Comment: young and bold but elegant lagavulin; not event a faint rough edge to the nose or palate; terrific.

Producer Tasting Note

Nose: Sweet aromas of caramel, mango and spices contrast with an underlying sootiness like the hearth of a cooling fire.

Palate: An immediate hit of sooty smoke belies the subtle nose but slowly dissipates giving way to sweet, caramelised mango and peach, mingling with salty, charred roast ham. A subtle hint of star anise and clove lie in the background.

Finish: A fresh salinity lingers, with sweet smoke and a hint of iodine.

90pts Serge @WhiskyFun.org

"Lg8 is not the latest smartphone by Samsung, it’s Elixir Distiller’s latest Lagavulin, stemming from two bourbon barrels. I usually like to try my ‘Lgs’ against the newer official 12 yo Special Release, but that one’s not in yet. Colour: white wine. Nose: no surprise, this is brilliant. Simply pristine, bright and brine-y, with some lemon, tree bark, Islay mud, oysters, unripe white peaches, fresh almonds, and roots. Boringly great, I’d almost take sides with Benjamin Disraeli, he who used to say that he hated good wine and preferred bad ones, because good wines were too boring. Well, exaggerating a bot now, I agree… With water: wet fabric, mud and all that. Mouth (neat): it’s the simplicity that’s striking. This is sweet, as any young Lagavulin usually is – it’s almost a tad syrupy actually – and then very smoky, very peppery, very lemony. It’s really simple, but it’s perfect. Malevich’s white square, made whisky. With water: lemon up, sweetness down. We won’t complain. Finish: long, crystal-clean, smoky. Comments: maturation mainly filtered out the undesired molecules here, all the rest remained extremely close to the original distillate. Like in the greatest white mezcals, pears, rums, gentians, grogues, cachaças… etc.

SGP:457 - 90 points"

500 ml