LAGAVULIN - 12 years old - Special Release 2023 - The Ink of Legends - 56.4%
Lagavulin is a distillery located on the south shore of the island of Islay , Scotland . Its name in Gaelic means "the valley near the mill". It is renowned for producing a heavily peated Single Malt whiskey with powerful iodine notes. It is owned by Diageo's United Distillers subsidiary . Built in 1816, the distillery is one of three well-known producers along the coast between the villages of Port Ellen and Kildalton (the others being Ardbeg and Laphroaig). The distillery uses water exclusively from the nearby Solum Lochs and the barley is malted in nearby Port Ellen. The distillery has four stills and produces several expressions in three main series. Lagavulin is a Malt with powerful flavors and the house style offers marine and iodized, slightly medicinal and tarry flavor descriptors.
This 2023 special edition from Diageo is a 12-year-old Lagavulin matured in Don Julio Añejo Tequila barrels .
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