Refined liquor is quite a world to enter into with so many choices and so much richness to savor. You are regularly presented with a seemingly endless buffet of flavors and expressions – and Lagavulin is one of those contenders that you will continuously go back to. Not only steeped in a legacy of excellence and distilling perfection, Lagavulin is simply undeniable good whiskey. Further proving the truth of that emphatically clear statement, their 25 year old single malt scotch will leave you reeling with fandom hazed wonder from the very first waft. The aroma is entrenched with sweet bibs of honey and caramel intertwined over douses of sherry, dewed peat, and sticky butterscotch toffee. The palate is a tide of more caramel over tendrils of spiced oak, dark chocolate, and sherry layered in smoke and more bites of earthy peat. It holds an almost meaty vibe to it, with a bite of dried prosciutto and bacon just off the back end. Lagavulin 25 year old single malt scotch finishes with hints of more oak, nuts, and smoothly melted dark chocolate drizzled over black cherries. We did say it was good, didn’t we? … …