Lagavulin 8 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Savor the essence of Islay with Lagavulin 8 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky. Experience the perfect balance of smoke and sweetness in this iconic Scotch.

Nestled in the heart of Islay, Lagavulin’s 8 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky is a testament to the distillery’s legacy of crafting peat-rich, complex whiskies. This expression, matured for eight years, captures the essence of Islay’s unique terroir, offering a smoky, yet refined experience for the discerning palate.

Every sip of this exquisite Scotch is a journey through layers of rich smoke and peat, intertwined with subtle notes of citrus and vanilla. The 8-year maturation process in oak barrels imparts a smoothness that perfectly complements the intensity of the peat, creating a whisky that is both bold and beautifully balanced.

TASTING NOTES

APPEARANCE
Light-gold.

BODY
Light, growing pleasantly oily.

NOSE
Immediately quite soft with clean, fresh notes, faint hints of milk chocolate and lemon and then developing fragrant tea-scented smoke alongside nose-drying, maritime aromas, with subtle cereal. A prickliness seen earlier now develops, while the trademark Lagavulin dryness emerges as fresh newsprint. Softly sooty. Softer, fuller and more rounded with water: its not hugely fruity but theres just a trace of red berry preserve, perhaps, beneath the smokiness, which comes sharply into focus.

PALATE
A soothing light texture, with a magnificently full-on Lagavulin taste thats somehow even bigger than you expect; sweet, smoky and warming, with a growing, smoky pungency, then dry, with more smoke. Charred, with minty, dark chocolate. Beautifully balanced midpalate then salty, oven-charred baked potato skins and smoke. Water rounds things, the taste still mighty yet more succulent, sweeter, spicier and now tongue-tingling, mint-fresh and warming.

FINISH
Lovely; clean, very long and smoky. Smoothly, subtle minted smoke surrounds chocolate tannins, leaving a late drying note to emerge in time. Its warming, soft and still smoky with water, not as long or intense now, yet still leaving the palate dry as sweet smoke lingers on the breath.