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.
It's only been 2 days but I had to come back, this isn't whisky it doesn't even have any oak esque tastes to it. I'm sat with a lagavulin 16 directly after an Ardbeg 10 and I'm just so confused as it simply isn't even close to tasting like whisky! It really just tastes like earthy smokey ethanol.
It's nice but in all honesty it just tastes like peated vodka, I don't get any whisky type flavours other than smoke and ethanol, no toffee, no oak, no whisky vibes at all. Ledaig 10 smashes this out the park for a peated whisky that has all the tastes of whisky. I'd of recommended lagavulin but that tripe is added colour and chill filtered mainly because of its rubbish owners Diageo, every single whisky brand they own tastes sweetened and has that added caramel tastes/funk. Ledaig 10 is better, actually Smokey Monkey almost beats this.
Big punchy peated sea spray on nose smoky fruity heather on palate and liqurice finish . Great value of £37 . Best Islay by far.
Everyone knows this is a cracker! If you don’t like peat and smoke, or buy it not knowing the characteristics of this type of Islay malt you’ll hate it, but otherwise it’s the undisputed “cheap” Peaty monster king. Personally I am a big fan of the Laphraoig 10, but this delivers the peat so much better. I’ve knocked off half a star for the high price compared to other ten year olds.
My first love was Laphroaig QC, and anything I´ve tasted after it, came close to it - if we speak about Islay. Even Lagavullin 16, which is a truly great whisky, didn´t meet my expectations - it´s too sherry-like and sophisticated for me. But this Ardbeg 10 is an exception. This differs much from the QC, but in a good way. It´s simply DELICIOUS! At first I thought that there´s even too much richness in it, but now after a few drams, every element of it settles down in a very, very balanced way. Really incredible, for a whisky in this price class. Very rich, smooth and balanced, and still burning. It lacks nothing. Truly a great Islay whisky.
