16 Year Old Single Malt
⏳ Drinking Window
Ready for immediate consumption as spirits do not mature in the bottle. Best enjoyed at room temperature (18-20°C) as a digestif or evening dram. To preserve its character, store the bottle upright in a cool, dark place away from direct sunlight.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Best served neat in a tulip-shaped tasting glass, or with a few drops of still, room-temperature water to release the complex aromas. It pairs exceptionally well with intense food flavors, such as mature blue cheeses like Stilton, high-quality dark chocolate, or smoked meats and freshly shucked oysters.
✨ Technical Specifications
Lagavulin 16 Year Old is a benchmark Islay single malt Scotch whisky. It is produced from heavily peated malted barley and undergoes a slow distillation in pear-shaped copper pot stills, which maximizes copper contact and refines the heavy phenols. The spirit is matured for a minimum of 16 years, predominantly in ex-bourbon oak casks with a portion matured in ex-sherry casks. This extensive maturation imparts a complex profile characterized by intense peat smoke, maritime notes of iodine and seaweed, balanced by a rich, dried-fruit sweetness and a long, warming finish. It is bottled at 43% ABV.
🍾 About the Producer
Officially established in 1816 by John Johnston on the dramatic southern coast of the Isle of Islay, Lagavulin Distillery possesses a distilling heritage in Lagavulin Bay that dates back to the 18th century. Today celebrated as a cornerstone of Diageo's Classic Malts portfolio, the distillery is renowned for its exceptionally slow distillation process in distinctive pear-shaped pot stills, which imparts remarkable depth, complexity, and texture. Utilizing heavily peated barley and water drawn from the Solan Lochs, Lagavulin crafts quintessential Islay single malt Scotch whiskies marked by intense peat smoke, iodine, maritime brine, and rich, lingering dried-fruit sweetness, epitomized by its flagship 16 Year Old expression.