| Ardbeg | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | |||
| O.B. | Ten | 18 | |
| Seventeen | 17 3/4 | ||
| Airigh nam Beist | 18 | ||
| Almost There | 18 | ||
| Blasda | 17 | ||
| Corryvreckan | 19 | ||
| Renaissance | |||
| Still Young | 18 1/2 | ||
| Uigeadail | 18 2/3 | ||
| Very Young 2004 | 17 2/3 | ||
| 1977 | 19 1/2 | ||
| Committee Reserve | 18 5/6 | ||
| Supernova | |||
| Lord of the Isles | 19 | ||
| Adelphi | Adelphi 1998 10 y.o | ||
| Bresser&Timmer / The Nectar | Daily Dram: Still very young Islay Single Malt | 18 | |
| Douglas Laing | Old Malt Cask, 1993 | 18 2/3 | |
| Gordon & MacPhail | Gordon & MacPhail, 1996 | 18 | |
| Jack Wieber | The Cross Hill 1993-2007 | ||
| M&H | 1990 Roberto Alonzi | ||
| The Whisky Exchange | Elements of Islay, AR1 | 19 |
Ardbeg 10 years |
|
Age |
10 years |
Alcohol percentage |
46% |
Particularity |
Non chill filtered |
Bottler |
Official |
The colour is gold with greenish glints. The smoky nose is marked
by tobacco hints.
The palate is fresh and oily and smoky, malted and iodised.
The long and salty finish is rather peaty.
At this moment it is the only Ardbeg version which is non chill filtered.
Apperance: Sunlight.
Looks just as young as it is. N
ose: Straight nose has lots of tar and
smoke. A slight acetone scent and smoked sausage. A bit prickly. The tar and smoke remains in the diluted dram
while the overall feel is warmer and saltier. Soy sauce, fresh ocean breeze, air cleaner, new rubber and old sweat.
Body: Quite light, smalish. Palate: Interesting. Quite salty and dry. Pretty complex palate at first but seems
to be fading. Birch-like and edgy. Feels chemical but quite nice.
Dusty finish.
85/100
C.: Bright golden, white wine
N.: Peatreek, balanced with softer herbal and floral notes. A soft and not disturbing whiff of chlorine, swimming pool. Ashtray. For me there's no trace of any kind of wooden cask to be found in the nose.
T.: Same like the nose, but the tart aromes are here balanced with a strong taste of cane sugar. Medical, also peaty and sweet but there is nothing in between to give the palate more complexity.
C.: Medium short without any surprises
Conc.: A great companion for some meal, grilled beef, sea food. Strong, but not demanding. Beats lots of red wines. But, like most red wines, not a drink to stick with the whole evening through.
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Ardbeg 17 years |
|
Age |
17 years |
Alcohol percentage |
40% |
Bottler |
Official |
The
colour is yellow/gold.
The nose evokes varnish and is rather refined and sweet with animal, vegetal,
peaty, liquorice and yeasty hints.
The salted and vanilla scented finish is short.
A pleasant malt, with lots of character, but a little light. The palate and the
finish do not held the Ardbeg typical fragrances which were present during the
nosing.
Ardbeg
|
|
Age |
Non age Statement |
Alcohol percentage |
55,3% |
Particularity |
Cask Strength |
Bottler |
Official |
The
discrete hints of smoke and peat do not really announce all the
intense pleasure there is to taste this exceptional malt. A great
richness in very subtle tastes, never very far from the characteristic
peaty smoke taste of this great Islay distillery. The choice of
the casks to produce this special release reserved to Ardbeg Committee
members is very wise. A long finish, very nuanced prolongs the
great pleasure from tasting this exceptional bottling.
A second tasting has confirmed the first one. A remarkable nose, slightly medicinal
with sea hints followed by an explosion of fragrances in the typical touches
of Islay: peat, sea and smoke. A real jewel with a very long finish.
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At the third tasting, the nose was very complex, peated and smoky,
but also rather sweet, strong and fresh. A wonderful combination of
sensations. This nice start will be followed by an even greater complexity
in the palate. Peat and smoke are still present, but with fresher hints,
nearly acid and fruity ones. A very long finish, salted and marine,
completes the whole and makes this bottle an unforgettable one, with
some smoked fish touches, and memories of great ocean waves.
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The nose is rather marked by fruits on a background of smoke and some slightly acid citrus notes, without any aggressivity.
Tangerine touches and a slight smell of walnut announce a complex whisky. In the mouth, a mix of sweetness, bitterness
and acidity, perfectly balanced, offer unusual complexity. A mix of salted nuts, liquorice, malt and light smoke,
with a discrete touch of chocolate. No hinder from the relatively high percentage of alcohol. The finish is lingering,
salty, iodinized and maritime.
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The first nosing reveals nice smoky hints, and behind this smoke, some nice fruity notes (citrus) and remarkable
peaty hints. A smell of wet earth as well. The whole is very rich in flavours and really complex.
In the palate, peat and citrus fruits seem to dominate, and some fine woody touches are present too. A great balance
between citrus acidity and peat dryness, which is nearly magic. A great pleasure.
The finish is lingering, salty, very pleasant. A really great Ardbeg.
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A light hay smell developing slowly on smooth fruitier hints, Nice freshness with rather pleasant acid notes. A touch of smoke and even peat on quite a discrete remote background. Marshmallow too.
The first mouth is quite acid before developing on peaty notes, but the citrus aspect dominates quite soon.
The finish is quite long and pleasant. Peat (an earthy dry peat) dominates finally.
After rereading the older tasting notes, it seems the quality of this bottle has decreased with the time (it has been open for a very long time) and that peaty aspects have nearly disappeared from both the nose and the mouth.
Ardbeg
|
|
Age |
Non age Statement |
Alcohol percentage |
54,2% |
Particularity |
Cask Strength |
Bottler |
Official |
This premium expression has been created from specially selected
casks from 1990, 1993 plus much older, sherry cask-matured Ardbeg.
The resulting malt is true to the 'house style' but with an additional
luscious richness.
Launched 2003.
Full flavoured, rich and smooth with an intriguing balance of sweet, savoury and smoky flavours.
(notes from Glenmorangie Plc)
Date of tasting: 2/12 2007
Appearance: Amber-like old gold. Clear copper-like glints
Nose: Peaty bonfires, grilled vegetables and damp leather, liquorice hints, some sulphuric whiffs and solvent elements (nail varnish remover, paint and acid drops) in the background, quite a prickle at cask strength. The reduced nose lends ocean-like fumes along with a new found fruitiness -mainly cooked fruits -stewed apples perhaps. Still quite solvent. Peppery, herbal and cut paper hints also emerge.
Body: Very firm, medium to heavy
Palate: Long and intense. Nice grilled flavours, sweet and full bodied. Very smooth feel and nice development with some hot, prickly burnt sticks taste in the finish along with just a hint of sherried sweetness. Very well balanced and pleasant for the Islay lover
92/100
Colour: Golden bronze, a little reddish glints, copper (sherry or colouring? Let's say the first), beautiful oily tears.
Nose: One of the most extremely multilayered noses I ever experienced: A soft chemical note (photo developer), suede, english mustard, chinese sweet and sour soup, woodberries, dried cherries, and in the very back there, yes, behind that peat, there seems a very soft sherry note to be lingering around.
Taste: Very earthy, a deep bite in the ground of a scottish highland moore, together with very fine herbal notes, then there is strong licorice (salmiak), later instant coffee powder perhaps mixed with black pepper, bavarian radish, beetroots, horseradish, grapefruit and chillies. With water added something from the sea shows: Smoked salmon, salt and seaweed but also a very delicate caramel arome.
Finish: Very long and very herbal, the bitter earthy note lingers for a long while.
Conc.: It’s hard to believe, but this cocktail of harsh contrasts works and leaves a very balanced picture. A very grand and satisfying whisky, but this is for sure not my favorite every-day dram and there has not been many occasions to pour from this bottle which is in my collection for quite a few years.
Tasting date: 2009-07-31
Ardbeg
|
|
Age |
6 years |
Alcohol percentage |
58,3% |
Particularity |
Cask Strength Non chill filtered |
Bottler |
Official |
Ardbeg’s “Wee Peat Monster” has arrived. Drawn entirely from first-fill casks, this is a six year old bottling of Ardbeg and the first of a series of annual bottlings from the same distillate. Next year will see a 7 year old expression, an eight year old will follow in 2006. This will continue until 2008 when the series reaches the more familiar 10 year old bottling. Each time a very limited number of bottles will be released.
This “Young” whisky is un chill-filtered and bottled at a boisterous 58.3%. Vigorous in nature, the Ardbeg Very Young is full of peat, burnt wood smoke and sea salt developing into a fruity finish.
Ardbeg
|
|
Age |
8 years |
Alcohol percentage |
56,2% |
Particularity |
Cask Strength Non chill filtered |
Bottler |
Official |
Ardbeg
|
|
Age |
9 years |
Alcohol percentage |
54.4% |
Particularity |
Single cask Non chill filtered |
Bottler |
Official |
Ardbeg
|
|
Age |
No age statement |
Alcohol percentage |
56,246 |
Particularity |
Cask Strength |
Bottler |
Official |
Ardbeg
|
|
Age |
no age statement |
Alcohol percentage |
46% |
Particularity |
Non chill filtered |
Bottler |
Official |
Nose
As it warms, bonfires on the beach. Boats caulked with pitch. The tar-like Ardbeg
trademark
Palate
Light-bodied but oily. Clings to the tongue. Lemony sweetness. Barbecue wood.
Finish
Clean coal-tar Warming. Lingering.
Comment
Cleaner, more lemony and oily, and less assertive, than the 24-year-old duty
free edition.
(Michael Jackson)
Nose
Complex and strangely delicate. Seashore aromas but also fruit. Tangerine, marmalade,
cream.
Palate
Complex and mouth filling. A lovely soft start with that elegant fruit. The smoke
builds in power as it moves through the mouth, drying as it goes.
Finish
Immense. Incredibly long. You’ll taste it the next day.
Comment
A stunner
(David Broom)
Ardbeg
|
|
Age |
25 years |
Alcohol percentage |
46% |
Particularity |
Non chill filtered |
Bottler |
Official |
Ardbeg
|
|
Age |
No age statement |
Alcohol percentage |
57,1% |
Bottler |
Official |
Ardbeg
|
|
Age |
Non age Statement |
Alcohol percentage |
58,9% |
Particularity |
Cask Strength |
Bottler |
Official |
Ardbeg
|
|
Age |
10 years |
Alcohol percentage |
50% |
Particularity |
Non chill filtered Single cask |
Bottler |
Douglas Laing |
Age |
9 years |
Alcohol percentage |
46% |
Particularity |
Non chill filtered Single cask |
Cask |
Bourbon |
Bottler |
Gordon & MacPhail |
Ardbeg
|
|
Age |
No age statement |
Alcohol percentage |
62.6% |
Bottler |
Daily Dram & Bresser&Timmer |
Ardbeg
|
|
Alcohol percentage |
54.4% |
Bottler |
M&H |
Ardbeg
|
|
Alcohol percentage |
40% |
Bottler |
Official |
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