Lagavulin 12-year-old - Grain & Embers Diageo Special Releases 2025
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Lagavulin |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | 2025 |
| Age | 12년 |
| Cask Type | Refill & PX and Oloroso-seasoned European Oak Butts |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 56.5% |
| Volume | 200 ml 700 ml 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 가볍게 흔들면 옅은 호박빛 너머로 라가불린다운 묵직한 토탄 연기가 코끝에 먼저 들이친다. PX와 올로로소 유러피언 오크가 더한 건포도, 다크 베리가 연기와 맞물린다. 한 모금 머금으면 56.5도의 기운이 혀를 휘감으며 그을린 보리와 자두, 짭짤한 미네랄이 진하게 번진다. 셰리를 거친 12년 아일라 위스키의 힘을 삼키면, 달콤한 연기와 셰리의 여운이 길게 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
more or less what I was actually expecting, many aromas overlap, especially the salty, coastal, rooty and olive-y sides. Which generates an increased feeling of 'smoked olive brine' to which we are absolutely not opposed. With water: no, chalk, rocks, slate, wool, smoky porridge…
restaurant Palate
I'd have never said this was premixed with tequila. A lot of brine, seawater, olives, gherkins, samphires, oyster plant, then pickled plums and small lemons, while it is getting a little more syrupy over the minutes. Iodine and plasticine are there too. With water: frankly sweeter, but that can be very Lagavulin too. We're also somewhat reminded of the Italian olive liqueurs, which they make for example around the Lago de Garda if I remember well
timer Finish
long, very Lagavulin, very briny