Single Malt Jazz Festival 22YO (((Bottled 2020)))
⏳ Drinking Window
As a premium aged single malt Scotch whisky, this bottle does not mature further once packaged and will remain in pristine condition indefinitely when stored upright, cool, and out of direct sunlight.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
blue cheese, dark chocolate, smoked brisket
✨ Technical Specifications
The Lagavulin Jazz Festival 22 Year Old, bottled in 2020, represents a harmonious duet between Islay's rugged maritime terroir and the refined artistry of long-term maturation. Since 2010, Lagavulin has sponsored the Islay Jazz Festival, bringing world-class music to this remote Scottish island. To celebrate, the distillery releases highly coveted, limited-edition bottlings. This 22-year-old expression showcases Lagavulin's signature intense peat smoke and coastal brine, beautifully mellowed by over two decades of quiet slumber on the shores of Lagavulin Bay. The extended aging in oak casks introduces elegant layers of dried dark fruits, rich molasses, and warm baking spices that perfectly balance the spirit's medicinal and smoky backbone.
🍾 About the Producer
Perched on the rugged southern coastline of Islay, Lagavulin was officially established in 1816 by John Johnston, formalising centuries of illicit distilling along the sheltered cove beneath Dunyvaig Castle. Operating within an unforgiving maritime microclimate, the distillery draws peaty, mineral-rich process water from the upland Solum Lochs. Production relies on heavily peated barley and exceptionally deliberate methods: lengthy fermentations in larch washbacks precede distillation across four distinctive pear-shaped pot stills. Lagavulin famously executes one of the slowest double distillations in Scotland with wide middle cuts and high fill levels, maximizing copper interaction to sculpt a rich, oily spirit imbued with phenolic depth, smoked lapsang souchong, and iodine. Matured extensively in dunnage warehouses washed by sea spray, the resulting single malt balances pungent maritime brine and sweet oak tannins. Benchmark expressions include the iconic 16 Year Old, the cask-strength 12 Year Old annual releases, and sought-after mature parcels within Diageo's Prima & Ultima collection.