Lagavulin 1993 Prima & Ultima Single Malt Scotch 28 Year Old 100.2 Proof

Lagavulin 1993 Prima & Ultima Single Malt Scotch 28 Year Old 100.2 Proof 700ml

A prized Lagavulin, from the last two 1993 casks, filled in the year the distillery won the first of an avalanche of international awards. It was the start of a golden era, a success that owed much to an Islay legend, Manager Grant Carmichael. 

A Lagavulin at its mature peak with redcurrant fruitiness on the nose, soon overcome by the maritime scents of sea salt and sweet seaweed. Lightly oily, the smooth texture delivers a long mellow finish, a gloriously rich and rounded whisky.

"Drawn from the last 1993 casks, there are notes of chocolate-covered cherries, crystalized ginger, seasoned oak, woodsmoke, salt and pepper potato chips, and black tea on the nose. Plenty of European oak influence on the palate, with rich toffee, dried vine fruit, praline, robust smoke, pepper, and clove, though water coaxes out brighter cherry jam flavors. Spectacularly good, even if it plays many familiar old Lagavulin tunes." 

1 Pedro Ximenez/Oloroso seasoned butt, refill American Oak Hogsheads | Port Ellen, Isle of Islay

• • Critic tasting note: "Drawn from the last 1993 casks, there are notes of chocolate-covered cherries, crystalized ginger, seasoned oak, woodsmoke, salt and pepper potato chips, and black tea on the nose. Plenty of European oak influence on the palate, with rich toffee, dried vine fruit, praline, robust smoke, pepper, and clove, though water coaxes out brighter cherry jam flavors. Spectacularly good, even if it plays many familiar old Lagavulin tunes. (642 bottles)" - 93/100, Whisky Advocate