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Lagavulin 12 Year Old Bottled 1970s, 43%
Lagavulin

Lagavulin 12 Year Old Bottled 1970s, 43%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 13
Average Score
Avg 92
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Description

A bottle of Lagavulin 12 Year Old bottled by White Horse Distillers. Lagavulin shared the same ownership as the White Horse blend, of which Lagavulin is a major constituent part. We estimate this was bottled in the 1970s. The label carries a royal warrant by appointment to Her Majesty the Queen. This Lagavulin 12 Year Old sold at our online auction for GBP 1,100

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Whisky.AuctionAuction Sold Price - Nov 18, 2025SGD 2,164.45
Cask type
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Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Peated
Single cask
No
Non-chill filtered
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Cask origin
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Batch
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PPM
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Barley
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Fermentation
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Master distiller (bottling)
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Master distiller (distillation)
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Limited edition
No
Bottle count
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Has box
No
Closure
Screw Cap
Presentation
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Series highlights
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Historical context
Distilled before 1965, when Lagavulin dropped direct fired stills for steam heating, and from a time of on-site floor maltings. Bottled in the 1970s.
Special release
Italian Market (Carpano Import)
Allocation
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Nose
Oily, metallic, industrial, motor/graphite oil, paraffin, coastal notes of dry, salt-crusted peat, old dry creels, tarred ropes. Delicate fruit (guava, green plum, white peach), mossy earth, dried seaweed, candied clementine, stable yards. Very coastal, salty, gunpowder, distant acrid smoke (smog). Leather, old dusty books, tea leaves, wax, spices. [3, 4, 10]
Palate
Soft yet rich, delicately metallic peat, graphite/aluminium notes, salt-infused coal smoke. Salted lime, acrid notes (pig sheds, smoked hay), aniseed balls, stoney minerals, dried herbs. Waxiness, sweet notes (salted licorice, carobs, persimmons, tarte tatin, caramelised apples), deep elegant smokiness (pork on embers). Very salty and coastal. Tea. Thick, textural, oily, peppery, dry, tarry peat. [3, 4, 10, 12]
Finish
Medium length, flickers of fruit, oily metallic phenols. Soft seaweed, herbal teas, dried tarragon/fennel seed, faint farmy suggestions. Infinite mix of smoke, pepper, sugared tea, chinotto. Long, leafy, drying, herbal, tarry, earthy peat smoke. Briny splosh of seawater. [3, 4, 10]
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