Ardbeg 10 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 50 by Martine Nouet and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Martine Nouet Nose Phenolic. Burning tyre. Soon covered by more marine scents. Something mineral, brown seaweeds, a light note of fragrant sea air. The distillery character shining. Palate Sweet and velvety. The peat comes through smoke and a dry sooty feel. A touch of smoked haddock. Finish Dry, sooty, fresh Comment The same phenolic profile as in very young but more disciplined and rounder.

Dave Broom Nose Overtly peaty, sweeter than the Young One, lime marmalade, oak, floral, peat fire smouldering on the beach. With water, light soot and a balancing creaminess. Palate Sweet start. Phenols come in middle and towards the back, adding weight to the middle palate. Smoke moving into medicinal flavours. Finish Oatcake, smoke, lingering. Comment The feeling is of better integration and balance.