5 Highest Quality Scotch Whisky Brands in the World

2. Lagavulin

Insider Monkey Score: 22

Intensely flavored, smoky, and rich, Lagavulin has been made on the windswept island of Islay for more than 200 years. The Lagavulin Single Malt has converted untold numbers of people to whisky drinking and remains the firm favorite of countless malt fans worldwide. World-renowned for its smoky, peaty, premium Scotch whiskies, the brand is now owned by Diageo. 

Aged in oak casks for at least 16 years, the brand’s flagship expression, Lagavulin 16, has the massive peat-smoke flavor that’s typical of southern Islay, while also offering the richness, dryness, and smoothness that turns it into a truly interesting dram.