Lagavulin 19 Year Old Fèis Ìle 2019 Single Malt Whisky

Lagavulin 19 Year Old released for the Islay Festival, Fèis Ìle 2019.
This Limited Edition has been matured for 19 years in sherry-treated American oak casks, hand-selected by Iain MacArthur and bottled at cask strength.
Only 6,000 bottles released.

    Nose:    Spicy smoke, light pepper, yellow fruit, vanilla, barbecue, light cinnamon, lemongrass, butter biscuits, lemon, slightly nutty.

    Taste:    Sweet, creamy, yellow fruit, pleasant smoke, intense, vanilla, honey, slightly ashy, some spice.

    Finish:    Long-lasting and warming, slightly sweet, with green apple and ash.

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.