Ardbeg 23 Year

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Canada missed out on last year's Ardbeg 21 Year, a limited amount is coming exclusively to Alberta Ardbeg Embassies in mid-November. Bottles at 46.3% from a mix of Ex-Bourbon and Oloroso Sherry Casks. We are dying to learn more.

Andrew's Tasting Note

Nose: buttery, waxy and tropical; more soft peat oils and White chocolate Hersheys Kisses; doughy, chocolatey and a touch piney with some dried appricot and a touch of juicy orange.

Palate: buttery, waxy, very oily and fruity; more dried appricot, juicy orange and honeydew melon; a touch of tarry peat, and fruity cigar tobacco; more white chocolate and piney tones; beeswax candles and damp cedar logs on the fire.

Finish: long, oily, coating and buttery; more damp burning cedar, tobacco and delicate fruits smothered in fresh vanilla bean and beeswax candles; 

Comment: lovely, a classic old Ardbeg, much better than the 21 year (which didn't come to Alberta) released last year; shades of some legendary old Ardbegs like the Lord of the Isles here!

Producer's Tasting Note

Colour: Rustic Bronze

Nose: Initial bursts of Vanilla cream, sweet wood smoke and bubble gum mingle with burning pine cones and chocolate.  On the second nose, fresh tropical fruits are infused with deeper chocolate and sherry led notes.  A splash of water intensifies the smoke flavours, creosote and coal tar followed by medicinal notes mixed with ripe mango.

Taste: At first there is a rich chocolate flavour with a silky mouthfeel.  The second sip begins with more chocolate and something deeper, vanilla pods and dried fruits, but then there are pine needles and pine smoke, herbal notes and then more chocolate, this time chocolate covered raisins.

Finish: A long finish with herbal notes and a hint of spice which falls away.

750 ml