Ardbeg Uigeadail
This was the first bottling of the newly opened Ardbeg distillery under the new banner. It was bottled from 90% ex-bourbon casks and 10% ex-sherry casks. The Ardbeg Uigeadail is fruitier and smoother than the normal Ardbeg TEN.
This was the first bottling of the newly opened Ardbeg distillery under the new banner. It was bottled from 90% ex-bourbon casks and 10% ex-sherry casks. The Ardbeg Uigeadail is fruitier and smoother than the normal Ardbeg TEN.
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Nosing
Peat Smoke:
Sweet:
Sherry:
Herb:
Fruit:
Maritime Notes:
Bonfire Smoke:
Seaweed:
Vanilla:
Spices:
Tobacco:
Oak:
Ham:
Leather:
Coffee:
Malt:
Herbs:
Honey:
Salt:
Alcohol:
Dried Fruit:
Nuts:
Raisin:
Cake:
Chocolate:
Zitrus:
Caramel:
Medicinal Smoke:
Iodine:
Floral:
Dark Chocolate:
Heather:
Oil:
Clove:
Grape:
Grass:
Plum:
Berries:
Blackberry:
Fig:
Orange:
Pepper:
Anise:
Cinnamon:
Grapefruit:
Lime:
Peach:
Pear:
Tropical Fruit:
Almonds:
Apple:
Banana:
Cheese:
Chili:
Coconut:
Date:
Ginger:
Lemon:
Mint:
Walnut:
Tasting
Peat Smoke:
Sweet:
Sherry:
Spices:
Maritime Notes:
Herb:
Malt:
Fruit:
Oak:
Bonfire Smoke:
Vanilla:
Seaweed:
Salt:
Nuts:
Honey:
Tobacco:
Ham:
Pepper:
Coffee:
Dried Fruit:
Alcohol:
Chocolate:
Dark Chocolate:
Oil:
Chili:
Medicinal Smoke:
Zitrus:
Cake:
Herbs:
Caramel:
Heather:
Iodine:
Raisin:
Leather:
Orange:
Lemon:
Blackberry:
Cinnamon:
Date:
Anise:
Berries:
Cherry:
Clove:
Fig:
Ginger:
Hay:
Lemon Peel:
Nutmeg:
Plum:
Tropical Fruit:
Walnut:
Finish
Peat Smoke:
Sweet:
Spices:
Oak:
Sherry:
Herb:
Malt:
Bonfire Smoke:
Maritime Notes:
Coffee:
Pepper:
Fruit:
Seaweed:
Chocolate:
Dark Chocolate:
Nuts:
Tobacco:
Salt:
Leather:
Oil:
Chili:
Herbs:
Heather:
Iodine:
Medicinal Smoke:
Vanilla:
Alcohol:
Dried Fruit:
Raisin:
Caramel:
Zitrus:
Blackberry:
Cake:
Cinnamon:
Ham:
Nutmeg:
Cherry:
Clove:
Fig:
Floral:
Lime:
Pear:
Plum:
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Quality rating of this bottle
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All tasting notes
Rich and weighty with heady and smoky aromatics, this expression of Ardbeg is both intensely flavoured and perfectly integrated. At full strength, the initial aroma is a beguiling mix of warm Christmas cake, walnut oil and parma violets fused with fresh ocean spice, cedar and pine needles falling from the Christmas tree. A smouldering smoky coal fire and the deep scent of well-oiled leather brings warmth to the scene. Smoke
Taste:
Full flavoured and rich with a deep mouth-coating texture, the taste is an intriguing balance between sweet, spicy and deep smoky flavours.
The flavour is initially sweet as Christmas cake begins to soak into the tongue. A burst of winter spices sets off a smoky spicy explosion countered by a sumptuous mid-palate of honey glazed smoked food and chewy treacle.
Finish:
Amazingly long and chewy with lingering raisiny, deep mocha tones and rich aromatic smoke into the perfectly integrated finish
RATING: 4.2/5.0 ≙ 89 pts



Peat smoke, but ashy, not phenolic. There is an underlying fruit note, but it is well buried. It actually reminds me of a full hoover bag - dusty.
Taste:





Vegetal peat initially. Has a sort of cabbagey note to it. More of that dustiness, some dried fruit buried in there. Still very ashy. Some citrus acidity. Good flavour intensity througout. Quite a lot of minerality.
Finish:



Residual peat, tarriness. Black pepper heat. Charred wood and ash. Dying campfire. Long duration
Comment:
Given what I knew about this release before tasting it I was surprised how little sherry influence there is in it. I was expecting something more along the lines of the Smokehead Sherry bomb (which I suspect is an Ardbeg also). That said there's a lot to like here. The peat smoke is way over to the wood smoke end of the spectrum. Not a lot of phenolic smoke here. There's an overriding ashiness which reminds me of cold campfires going on throughout. It does enough to not be one dimensional though. The sweetness overall shows through on the finish, and there's a little dried fruit one the palate, maybe a little citrus which helps just lift the whole thing. Pretty solid.
86/100


With water: More



Taste: Neat: Simple but I really like it! Just extinguished pine tree fire, , intense
With water: some




Finish: Just extinguished pine tree fire,

short
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Taste:





Finish:



Comment: an interesting one. ardbeg not my favorite but i like the sweet and the peat in this one. still prefer Talisker Distiller's Edition for this category but this one is more savory.