Lagavulin 1979/1995 "The Syndicate's" Murray McDavid 59.2% vol. 0,7l

Murray McDavid was founded in 1997, specializing in the bottling of a wide range of single malts in short runs.
The bottlings are without exception of a captivating quality, which is not least due to the fact that Murray McDavid such greats as Jim McEwan (Master Distiller Bruichladdich), Mark Reynier, Simon Coughlin and Gordon Wright (a member of the Springbank clan) together to have!
Awarded several times by various whiskey industry institutions, Murray McDavid stands for exclusivity and the highest quality.

Murray McDavid offers his whiskeys exclusively without dyes and without cold filtration.
The malts are in ideal drinking strength with 46% vol. bottled (only exceptions are bottlings in barrel size).

For the mission series, barrels are selected from distilleries that, on the one hand, are older than Murray McDavid's "usual" bottlings and, on the other hand, meet or even exceed quality standards.

Lagavulin
Probably the most typical representative of Islay.
The year of foundation of Lagavulin is stated to be 1816, although it is true that this is uncertain.

The origins of Lagavulin are obscure, but it is certain that it originated from one of the many black distilleries that were active on the island in the 18th century.
The current buildings were built in 1924 by White Horse Distillers.

White Horse Distillers goes back to James L. Mackie, who operated on Islay in 1867 a distillery.
It is believed that this was Laphroaig.

There are only a few malts that are as complex and smoky as Lagavulin.
It starts sweetly and then unfolds with force its sharpness and peatiness.

Jim Murray, the whiskey author u. Critic writes about him: "Lagavulin is to be treated with caution, but reverence, this is not a malt to sip lightly - it devours one!"


"The Syndicate's" Bottling - 1979
This bottling is a single barrel bottling in barrel size.
It comes from the ownership of a distillery member.
The cask was filled in 1995 by Murray McDavid - the year of birth of this 15-year-old Lagavulin is thus the year 1979.

without dyes - Non-Coloring
not cold-filtered - non-chillfiltered