Lagavulin 14 Year Old Islay Jazz Festival 2022 Brandy Finish

A bottling released to celebrate the 2022 Jazz festival on Islay. These Limited Editions are released annually to coincide with the Lagavulin sponsorship of the Islay Jazz Festival.
This Limited Edition has been matured for 14 years in refill American oak and then finished in brandy seasoned hogsheads, bottled at cask strength.
Only 3,000 bottles released.

    Nose:    Sea coal and oil, perfume of white flowers, the flavour of brandy barrels, and the dark fruit flavour.

    Taste:    Sweetness, seawater, seaweed, peat accompanied by dark fruits such as grapes.

    Finish:    Dryness, firewood, a touch of salty bitterness.

Lagavulin distillery sits on the water’s edge in a small sheltered bay on Islay’s south-eastern coast close to the ruins of Dunyveg Castle.
Lagavulin is said to be one of the oldest distilleries on Islay, with illicit distilling recorded on the site as early as 1742, the distillery dates from 1816, when John Johnson constructed Kildalton Distillery at Lagavulin. The following year Archibald Campbell built a second distillery named Lagavulin alongside Kildalton which Johnson also acquired in 1825. The two distilleries merged to become Lagavulin in 1837 under the ownership of the Graham brothers and James Logan Mackie.
Today it is world-renowned for its smoky, peaty whiskies.