



Lagavulin Scotch Single Malt 16 Year |
Ultimate Beverage Challenge 92 points - Bold aromas of peat smoke and chimney soot marry with vanilla cake and citrus oil to make an incredibly complex and inviting nose. The palate is lightly honeyed, but ultimately gives way to the aggressive but delicious flavors of campfire and crushed seashell.
Other 92 points - Lagavulin is a classic example of how smoke isn’t a blunt instrument that covers everything in a fog, but an element that works with all the flavors produced in distillation and maturation. Lagavulin isn’t ‘smoky,’ its peat moves into a weird territory of Lapsang Souchong tea and pipe tobacco, fishboxes and kippers. It smells of laurel and light cereal, but is always sweet.
Whisky Advocate 92 points - Peatheads the world over love Lagavulin for its sweet, subtle character and enduringly affordable price point. At a time when some NAS malts of more dubious quality are going for much more money, Lagavulin remains consistent, classic, and true to itself: a whisky you can always count .
Wine Enthusiast 90 points - Soy sauce, olive brine, peat, honey, oloroso Sherry, brewers yeast, bread dough, barley malt and cigar smoke in the bouquet. The flavor that magically includes the innate intense peatiness of Islay malts and the masterly employment of oak barrels phase defines "classy Islay.
43% alcohol

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Purchase and shipping
Overall, my experience was very good, but could improve. My issue was with the shipping process. Although I received notification that the shipment was in process, there were no updates along the way and no expected delivery date. There were no notifications for the entire week prior to delivery. And the shipping process seemed excessive - two weeks from purchase to delivery. But, it was delivered safely on Friday, Dec 20; order placed on Dec 5.

Deception
Lagavulin perfect; Laphroaig incomplete. Item illustration depicted bottle with accompanying carry bag. NO bag was delivered.

Delivery
It’s been nearly a month and I still don’t have my order, nor information when I should receive it

Three weeks and waiting
I ordered a bottle of this whiskey as a Christmas gift, noting from the website messages I was well within the holiday delivery window. It’s now three weeks later and it still has not arrived, despite paying $20 delivery. The customer service team were not terribly helpful and the delivery company is impossible to reach. I’ll never order from this company again, unfortunately.

Never received
Maybe not fair to the product but I never received it with no update on shipping. Lesson learned.
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