A phenomenal whisky packing powerful peaty deliciousness, Ardbeg 10 Year Old is a favourite of many whisky lovers around the world. Produced on the Kildalton Coast of Islay, this single malt matures for a decade before being bottled without any chill-filtration. If you're after a whisky full of coastal air, smoke and more, this is exactly what you want.
A ridge of vanilla leads to mountain of peat capped with citrus fruits and circled by clouds of sea spray.
Sweet vanilla counterbalanced with lemon and lime followed by that surging Ardbeg smoke that we all know and love.
Long and glorious; sea salted caramel and beach bonfire smoke.
Precise balance, big smoke and non-chill filtered. This is why this is such a famous dram.
Bought this for a second time recently and was honestly just as good as the first bottle I ever bought points to Ardbeg for consistency. Epic amounts of rich , earthy peat followed by a hint of saltwater and sweet peaty oak. My favorite 10 year old Laphroaig is close but this wins because its just more consistent and peatier. The sugarbear
The March 2015 bottling is vastly superior to bottlings over the past six years. 2013 hit an all time low. It was acrid kerosene-like hogwash. The 2014 wasn't much better. But the 2015 is right on the money -- a return to the rich deep peaty goodness of 2010-11 bottlings. A bit young tasting with a slight mescal undertone which I did not like but this faded with time as the bottle level went down. If Ardbeg had mixed in 11-12 year along with the 10 it would have shine like a beacon to the good ole days of Ardbegian dynamism before the frogs rained down like a plague on Scotland and bought up all the distilleries. Globalism is not good at all for the quality of whisky coming out of Scotland these days but I can overlook the froggy corps if Oresent trends continue like the March 2015 bottling
Ardbeg is the best brand of Scotch, for me, and this may be even better pound for pound than the Oogie or Corry. Sublime!
My wife gifted me a bottle of this for our anniversary. At first, I thought I was drinking flavoured paint remover. But, I kept drinking it here and there, and have since warmed up to it. Very nice indeed.
Great smell, great taste
