Lagavulin 12YO - Fireside Tales, 2024, 1st fill and refill bourbon, 57.4% (WF90)

Lagavulin

Type : Single Malt Whisky
Bottled : 2024
Cask Type : First fill and refill bourbon
Age : 12YO
Strength : 57.4%
Content : 700ml

Diageo Special Releases 2024
With Box

WhiskyFun: 90 pts
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Online tasting note for reference:

Nose: clean and very ashy, with plenty of phenols, a little menthol and a good deal of coastal notes. Vertical and pure, not as boldly peated as expected. Then bread crust and just a hint of round coconut and vanilla. Seawater, some grapefruit, lemon and lime peel, with just a drop of olive brine. Sharp but never too fierce, just lovely.

Mouth: really punchy now. There’s bonfire smoke, with fumes  and ashes. Citrusy freshness (lemon and lime) along with light honey and vanilla. Perhaps a little more sweetness than I expected. Then also black pepper, iodine and subtle hints of roasted coffee beans. Smoked kippers and tobacco in the end.

Finish: really long, deeply warming, with ashy notes, iodine, tobacco, hints of mustard and more of these coffee beans.