Dark intense Lagavulin (pronounced Laga-voolin after the Gaelic Laggan Mhouillin, the hollow where the mill is) comes from a whitewashed jumble of buildings by the sea on Islay's rocky southern shore. Founded in 1816, this is a great Islay malt. Pungent and potent, with richly peaty, deep, smoky flavor, it has an intense, long, ambrosial finish.