A younger expression from one of Islay's most famous distilleries, Lagavulin's 8 year old offers a more intense and smoky profile than the 16 year old.
The nose is lovely and soft, with citrus tones, hints of creamy chocolate, sweet smoke and characteristic maritime peat notes.
The palate offers more of Lagavulin's signatory sweet smoky notes, however they are bigger and more pronounced than expected, drying towards the end.
For a whisky of this age, the finish is lovely and long. It is both rather smoky, yet still very clean.
