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.
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Thought I'd give this another try, three years on from my first bottle. It's just a tad too sweet and too young for my tastes. There are truer expressions of south Islay IMO.
I am a noob and represent the majority of the whisky drinkers. Nose: Medicinal, ash, vegetal and tar. Industrial, is the best way to describe this. Rich and intense. Palate: Odd, to the first time Islay drinker. I've explored highland and speyside and they're so different. Sweet and fruity is replaced by peat and smoke. A full mouthfeel. Finish: Long. Very long. A medicinal finish with ash. You know how ash smells in an ashtray? Imagine the taste of that. Final thoughts: This is bold. Very bold. Maybe not the best first time pick to get into Islay whiskies. There's a saying "you either love or hate peat" I'm afraid to say I'm not a fan. It adds a certain quality to the whisky that definitely makes it stand out and Uigeadail is an exceptional whisky but that peatiness - It overpowers it for me. I prefer the lighter, sweeter speyside whiskies for now. My palate is developing and this won't be the last time I visit Uigedail because it is a very good whisky. You can tell it's quality. This is definitely a "Try before you buy" lesson for me.
Simply the best core range malt from Islay. The Ugi is my go to for drinking occasionally. Smoky with peat but with that lovely sherry sweet tinge.
My favourite one.
Smells of raisin, smoky peat, salinity, seaweed, fruity peach and stone fruit. Taste is seaweed followed by raisiny sherry cask and fruity presence. For me, the peat was gone...
