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Bottled at 52.4%, this 2001 vintage Ardbeg is a marriage of two ex-Bourbon barrels. Limit 1 per customer.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: round, creamy, creme brulee and creamed heather honey; clotted cream, melons, citrus and quince paste; firm smoke and sea salt.
Palate: round, fruity and maty with oily-earthy peats; pan seared scallop poached in butter with a balsemic reduction; juicy, loads of fruit, butter, cream and barley; loads og citrus on this one, and botanical gardens on a warm day.
Finish: malty, ashy and fruity; earthy with citrus and floral tones; coating with a lovely body.
Comment: lush with a lovely body;I so miss mature Ardbeg, we see it so seldom these days!
Producer Description: "Sweet and smoky, rich yet delicate, the classic contradictions of the distillery that make it so revered are ever-present in the latest Ar bottling."
Producer's Tasting Note
Nose: Sweet vanilla and white chocolate mix perfectly with wisps of woody smoke and iodine.
Palate: More white-chocolate cookies, sweet caramel and orchard fruit (baked pears and apples) sit alongside an intense nuttiness with classic bonfire smoke and charcoal reminding us of this whisky’s origin.
Finish: Pecan pie and smoked almonds.
92pts Whisky Fun
"Picture's a mockup. Ah, some good bourbon barrels, no clashes of the titans to be expected here, I suppose! Colour: gold. Nose: a really rather extraordinary combination of soft natural vanilla (ground pods) with the most beautifully zesty lemony/herbal/coastal peat. There are even drops of mezcal and Jamaican rum dancing around your olfactory bulb (what?) together with iodine and tiny ‘acidic’ herbs, lemongrass, oyster flowers, some kind of oriental camphory embrocations… Wow, really, wow! With water: there, tarmac, tyres, fisherman’s ropes, charcoal… Mouth (neat): punches you a bit right between your ears at first, with an admirable grittiness just like when you forgot to peel all of the skin off your grapefruit, and gets then rather luminously citrusy, salty, and of course ashy. Bigly ashy. With water: same-ish, which doesn’t mean that it does not benefit from reduction. Finish: very long, you just had the other ashtray, plus a whole glass of concentrated limejuice. Comments: they have not used very active vanilla-forward barrels, which is just great. Fantastic, almost explosive Ardbeg and, in a way, the exact opposite of Ar9. Remember when we were calling these ‘peat bombs’ SGP:458 - 92 points."
