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Ardbeg
Scotland
Single Malt
A special edition single malt launched on Ardbeg Day 2014 - a day celebrated both at the Islay festival, Fèis Ìle and around the world. Auri(Gold)verdes(Green) is a name used to refer to Brazil's sports teams (including the football team, of course), but in this case it refers to the golden whisky and the iconic Ardbeg green bottle it dwells within. Striker!
This bottle was part of a private collection - if you'd like more detailed photos just get in touch!
Smoked bacon, Tarry ropes on a not-long-dry seashore. Loads of Vanilla. Pomegranates, Fizzy-sweets (refreshers, Sherbet Lemons) and Lemon-zest. Not convinced I’d have got Mocha, if not for the autosuggestion, but it’s definitely there now I think about it.
Initially sweet, restrained, more of that bacon, but this time it’s been cured with Muscovado sugar and maybe a touch of Juniper? Progresses through the inevitable onslaught of peat, but it’s there in a slightly different way – more ‘high’, medicinal phenols than we've come to expect with Ardbeg. From the palate alone, I’m not even sure I’d peg this as Ardbeg – I might be tempted to go two distilleries further down the coast…
Long. Cocoa, Charred corners of a pulled pork butt, becomes more ashy as it fades, but clearly from good honest casks albeit with charred heads.
It’s good. Funnily though, as the spirit’s not being bombarded with finishes/extreme cask-techniques the difference between this and the 10yo is strangely pronounced. There are palpable elements of Bowmore, and Laphroaig in this dram, whilst it does absolutely retain the overall Ardbeg character we know and love. To my mind that’s a good thing.
For those who are interested there are still bottles (4 that I know of) left in edinburgh if you know where to look. Picked one up yesterday and can't wait to drink it. Lovely scotch.
DM in australia apparently just got about 120 !
Managed to get three bottles of this from various sources after trying at a tasting. It's as good as the 10, but Oogie and Corry still have my vote.
Managed to find a bottle online from a shop in Nottingham, arrived today. Won't be cracking this one open, a keeper. There's still a few bottles from various suppliers on Amazon, but between £138-£150 a bottle, they can keep them lol!
Hello there! We're very sorry that you were unable to get a bottle of the Ardbeg Auriverdes, but it did indeed sell out in under 2 minutes. We did have a small allocation (greater than 5 bottles, though...), and we have not held back any of it. Here is a blog post detailing our stockholding policy: http://www.masterofmalt.com/Blog/post/Our-Stockholding-Policy.aspx. We understand your frustration, and we will do our best to secure more Ardbeg (if we can), which will go live on this page as and when we've managed to acquire it. So do check back (and follow us on Facebook and Twitter) to keep up to do with the news. --The Chaps at Master of Malt
