Lagavulin The Distillers Edition 2020 43% 2005

Distillery	Lagavulin
Bottler	OB
Serie	The Distillers Edition
Bottled for
Distilled date	2005
Bottling date	2020
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay
Age	15
Cask Type	Double Matured in Pedro Ximénez Sherry Casks
Cask Number	lgv.4/509
Alcohol percentage	43
Volume	0,70
Condition	In original container
Label	Perfect
Stock	0

Professional reviews

Serge Valentin (84)

Wait, 2020-2005, that's not 16 years! But who's counting? Colour: deep gold. Nose: nice, fresher, more coastal, probably peatier, drier yet, with ashes, seaweed, a little mint, perhaps myrtle… No big sherry here, no excessive leafiness, no chocolate and coffee on the loose, no meat and mustard… So it is a cleaner DE, I would say. So far. Mouth: well, there is some leather, ginger, leaves and raisins, but that goes pretty well with the spirits sweetness. Good salt and oranges, tar. I would say we're a little closer to the 'regular' 16 years old, which cannot be bad news. Finish: good length, smoke, leather, cracked pepper, earth and mint, touch of molasses. Comments: it is not as sweetish as the '2019' and certainly less bittersweet. Rather more to my liking. Couldn't they switch to oloroso? No, I know, don't shoot, I was just jesting a wee bit.

BOW (89)