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Bottled in 2007, this bottling of Lagavulin is finished on Pedro Ximenez sherry butts. This kind of sherry has the consistency of syrup. The maturation has really given something extra to Lagavulin. Lagavulin Distillers Edition is a vintage which means that it has been distilled a specific year. The age is usually 16 years plus a few months in the the sherry butts.
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Appearance: Amber.
Nose: Sherry, raisins, dark chocolate and peat.
Taste: Intense smoke and sherry. Dried fruit.
Finish: Long and dry.
Situated in a small bay near the south coast of Islay, Lagavulin stands near the ruins of Dunyveg Castle. From here 1,000 Islaymen set sail to fight alongside Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn in 1314, and in this bay the Macdonalds maintained their power base as Lords of the Isles until finally driven out by the Campbells three centuries later. Lagavulin legitimately claims to being one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland. Distilling on the site is thought to date from as early as 1742. In the late 1700s it is believed that there were up to ten illicit stills operating in the district. By the 1830s only two distilleries remained in the bay. In 1837 these distilleries amalgamated to form Lagavulin. At this stage the distillery was under the ownership of the Graham brothers and James Logan Mackie.
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