Ardbeg 10 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 9 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Tar-covered rope. Palate Tar-like. Medicinal. Seaweedy. Salty. Behind all of those dry flavours, a background of light, clean, fresh, maltiness and lemon-skin fruitiness. Finish Sandy, peppery. Comment Not from a particularly peaty period, but packed with Ardbeg's other flavours. Wonderfully distinctive.

Dave Broom Nose Astoundingly smoky, yet delicate with subtle tarry notes behind. With water the smoke dies a little and raisin and caramelised apple notes emerge. Palate An immediate waft of peat smoke. Full, robustly flavoured with turf and lapsang souchong tea. Finish Salty, long and filled with fragrant peat reek. Comment A punch in the chops from a stroppy Islay middleweight. Flavour-packed yet delicate.