Lagavulin 8Y

Exceptionally fine was how illustrious whisky chronicler, Alfred Barnard, described the Lagavulin 8-year-old expression he sampled during an 1886 visit to the distillery. In homage to Lagavulin's timeless ability to produce exceptional malts, this is a reinterpretation of the 8-year-old from Barnard's era. The nose is immediately soft with clean, fresh notes partnering faint hints of milk chocolate and lemon, then develops fragrant tea-scented smoke alongside nose-drying, maritime aromas, with subtle cereal. The palate is light in texture, with a magnificently full-on Lagavulin taste that's even bigger than you may expect; sweet, smoky, and warming, with a growing pungency, then dry, with more smoke. The finish is lovely: clean, very long, and smoky. this is a polished and exquisitely crafted celebration of Lagavulin with smoky-clean aromas and a mighty taste. Originally made to mark our bicentenary, it's a whisky to celebrate, in every sense.