Scotch / Single malt Scotch

Lagavulin 16

Name: Lagavulin 16
Brand: Lagavulin

Dense peat smoke, sea-salt impressions and a rounded, sweet center. Full-textured rather than merely loud.

Peat smokeMaritimeRounded

43%ABV

16Age · years

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01 / IN THE GLASS

A flavor fingerprint.

Neat, at bottled strength. Editorial estimates—not measurements.

Lagavulin 16 · reference

Kilchoman Machir Bay has less sweetness and less body.

SweetnessKey differenceLittle sweetness → Very sweet

BodyKey differenceLight-bodied → Full-bodied

SmokeLittle smoke → Smoke-led

Fresh fruitLittle fresh fruit → Fruit-led

Dried fruitLittle dried fruit → Dried-fruit-led

FloralKey differenceLittle blossom → Blossom-led

SpiceGentle spice → Spice-led

OakLittle oak → Oak-led

Malt / cerealLittle grain → Grain-led

How PROOF derives and verifies these positions →

02 / SIDE BY SIDE

Compare the character.

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Smoke × Body

Full-bodiedLight-bodied

Little smokeSmoke-led

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Nearby profiles from the full collection.

Kilchoman Machir BayKilchoman Machir Bay has less sweetness and less body.Ardbeg An OaArdbeg An Oa has much less malt / cereal and more spice.Kilchoman SanaigKilchoman Sanaig has much less malt / cereal and more spice.Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength · Batch 17Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength · Batch 17 has less sweetness and less oak.Lagavulin Distillers EditionLagavulin Distillers Edition has much more dried fruit and less body.

03 / THE RECORD

Behind the bottle.

MaturationEx-bourbon casks and sherry-seasoned casks

Peat statuspeated

Mash / grainsderived from category

DistilleryLagavulin

RegionIslay

Sources, confidence & score rationale

Current launch record; facts retain source and market qualifications.

Facts checked 3 September 2026. “Not verified” does not mean absent. Scores are editorial estimates, not tasting-panel measurements. Rubric: whisky-neat-v1.

[1] Malts / Diageo · Lagavulin 16 ↗ · producer

Sweetness · 50
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]

Body · 80
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]

Smoke · 80
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]

Fresh fruit · 35
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]

Dried fruit · 40
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]

Floral · 10
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]

Spice · 40
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]

Oak · 55
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]

Malt / cereal · 35
Provisional consensus-derived calibration anchor. [1]