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ARDBEG
Single
Malt Scotch Whisky
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| Reputedly
once the hideout of a gang of smugglers, there was a family of MacDougalls
here since 1798, one of whom started a legal distillery in 1815. The
family retained its interest in the distillery until 1977, when it
was sold to Hiram Walker. Allied Distillers bought it in 1989 and
sold to the present owners, Glenmorangie, in 1997 |
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Ardbeg
10-year-old (bottled 1993), 40 vol
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Malt
Whisky File: John Lamon & Robin Tucek
| Sweetness
- 2 |
Peatiness
- 10 |
Availability
- 8 |
Color
- Amber with pale gold highlights. Nose - Big-bodied,
dark and pungent, good, solid peat character and an underlay
of rich lemon zest citrus, dry, but with a hint of sweetness,
round with a delicate note of iodine.. Flavor - Full-bodied,
earthily, smokily peaty and rich with touches of coffee/chocolate
and tarry rope/creosote. Finish - Long, tangy and quite
pungent, the citurs notes reprise, together with dark chocolate
and a little seaweed.
Michael
Jackson's Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Color - Fino sherry. Nose - Smoke, brine, iodine
dryness. Body - Only medium to full, but very firm.
A light-heavyweight, with a punch worthy of a higher division.
Palate - Skips sweetly along at first, then becomes
mean and moody. Bottlins a little variable. Finish
- Hefty, lots of iodine.
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Ardbeg
15-year-old, 43 vol
Malt
Whisky File: John Lamon & Robin Tucek
| Sweetness
- 2 |
Peatiness
- 10 |
Availability
- 8 |
Color
- Amber with old gold highlights and a hint of lemon.
Nose - Big, dark and powerful, a chunky peatiness with
iodine, crabmeat and crashing breakers, dry, but rich, soft,
sweet vanilla and a round nutty character. Palate -
Big-bodied, dark and very heavily peated, good richness with
notes of chocolate, tarry ropes and quite chewy tannins. Finish
- Long, very tangy and initially very rich with notes of honey,
orange, espresso coffee and dark chocolate.
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Ardbeg
17 -year-old, 40 vol
Malt
Whisky File: John Lamon & Robin Tucek
| Sweetness
- 2 |
Peatiness
- 10 |
Availability
- 8 |
Color
- Quite full amber with old gold highlights and a touch of
lemon. Nose - Quite gentle and delicate peat, fruity!
- orange/citrus, good body, slightly off-dry. Palate
- Big-bodied and powerful, good peat and richness - a touch
of sweetness. Finish - Long, elegant, very rich and
complex with a touch of spice.
Michael
Jackson's Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Color
- Full gold to bronze. Nose - Seaweedy. Sweet and sour
Body - Big, smooth, firm. Palate - Remarkable
flavor development. First malt and cereal-grain sweetness,
with vanilla from Bourbon casks. Then flowery, sourish, seaweed.
Finally pepper. Finish - Soothing, long, warming.
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