Lagavulin 25 Year Old 200th Anniversary Limited Edition Single Malt w/box 700ml

Whiskymaker's note:
Nose: Profound, complex and dry overall. Rich yet elusive, it really takes time to open up, first offering liquid dried fruits; figs, dates or prunes and a trace of treacle toffee.
Palate: A voluptuous, oily texture, with a bitter-sweet and gingery, slightly drying start. Intense, with masses of charred wood, oak-smoked meats, honey, burnt treacle tart and ash.
Finish: Long, smooth, sweetly honeyed and elegant, with slowly rising fragrant wood smoke, ash, salt and a subtle, chilli like heat; followed by cooling eucalyptus.

Lagavulin has been made on the same site, on the south shore of Islay since at least 1816. To most whisky lovers Islay means one thing, peat. Peat has fuelled life in the island for centuries, and there is an awful lot of it covering miles of bog in the west of the island. Lagavulin's barley is malted at nearby Port Ellen, where it is bestowed with it's characteristic peat "reek".
The other major influence of the rich flavoursome character of Lagavulin is the wood in which it matures, 16 years for the standard expression. Unlike most other distilleries here there is a reliance on mainly Spanish, ex sherry casks, which add to the ripe suppleness of the finished dram.