Single Malt
Scotland
No
Yes
This stunning expression from Islay's Ardbeg distillery on the Kildalton Coast is named after a nearby loch (pronounced "Oog-a-dal"). It's the perfect example of how sweet and savoury notes can work together spectacularly - you'll find Ardbeg's maritime salinity intact here, combined with dried fruit notes imparted by time spent in sherry casks. Kind of like when you mix sweet popcorn and salty popcorn together, it results in something absolutely wonderful.
Multifaceted, notes of peat and little flourishes of dark sugar, freshly ground espresso beans, cereal notes and a most sophisticated tar.
Led by sweet, ripe fruit and black forest honey. A good helping of malt. The throne then usurped by a powerful peat and smoked barley.
Very long, caramel and malt weave their way through peat smoke and dark sugar and just a hint of fresh espresso coffee before it finally peters out.
Such deft balance! How wonderful to sample Ardbeg so beautifully complimented by sherry.
Drinking this makes me wonder why I would bother buying anything else in this price range.
Not sure if the bottle I got for Xmas was just a bad batch, but this whisky tasted really muddy and earthy, not what I was expecting and not enjoyable at all
This is not the same whisky as Uigeadail produced before 2010. It's much more immature and lacks the depth of the ones from even a few years ago. It tastes less rich, and more like a cask strength version of the Ten that was finished for a short time in a sherry cask.
So smoke. Much peat. Many fruit. Malt lvl 10. So balance. Wow.
I bought a bottle of this fine single malt yesterday all I can say it is a heavy hitter and I find it to be very complex this is sit down stuff to be enjoyed slowly cheers to the aredbeg distillery keep up the great work-FC.
