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.
| Details about this bottle | Edit |
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| 464 | |
| Ardbeg | |
| Scotland, Islay | |
| Single Malt Whisky | |
| 2013 | |
| 54.2% | |
| 0.7 l | |
| Original bottling | |
| Bourbon, Sherry | |
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| Average tasting notes Tasting notes |
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Nosing
Peat Smoke:
Sweet:
Sherry:
Herb:
Fruit:
Bonfire Smoke:
Maritime Notes:
Vanilla:
Seaweed:
Spices:
Ham:
Caramel:
Oak:
Tobacco:
Coffee:
Malt:
Leather:
Herbs:
Salt:
Zitrus:
Medicinal Smoke:
Alcohol:
Honey:
Raisin:
Chocolate:
Nuts:
Dried Fruit:
Iodine:
Heather:
Dark Chocolate:
Blackberry:
Cake:
Orange:
Plum:
Grass:
Floral:
Clove:
Berries:
Fig:
Grape:
Banana:
Lemon:
Mint:
Tropical Fruit:
Pear:
Pepper:
Lime:
Cinnamon:
Anis:
Grapefruit:
Walnut:
Lemon Peel:
Date:
Oil:
Peach:
Ginger:
Coconut:
Chili:
Melon:
Nutmeg:
Apple:
Pineapple:
Almonds:
Tasting
Peat Smoke:
Sweet:
Sherry:
Spices:
Herb:
Oak:
Malt:
Maritime Notes:
Fruit:
Bonfire Smoke:
Ham:
Vanilla:
Seaweed:
Nuts:
Salt:
Dark Chocolate:
Honey:
Caramel:
Dried Fruit:
Pepper:
Tobacco:
Medicinal Smoke:
Oil:
Chocolate:
Coffee:
Alcohol:
Herbs:
Zitrus:
Chili:
Heather:
Raisin:
Iodine:
Leather:
Blackberry:
Lemon:
Berries:
Fig:
Cake:
Orange:
Nutmeg:
Date:
Lemon Peel:
Cinnamon:
Clove:
Ginger:
Black Currant:
Barley:
Plum:
Apple:
Banana:
Walnut:
Anis:
Tropical Fruit:
Hay:
Floral:
Hazelnut:
Cherry:
Almonds:
Finish
Peat Smoke:
Sweet:
Spices:
Sherry:
Oak:
Herb:
Maritime Notes:
Malt:
Bonfire Smoke:
Coffee:
Seaweed:
Pepper:
Fruit:
Nuts:
Tobacco:
Dark Chocolate:
Chocolate:
Salt:
Leather:
Medicinal Smoke:
Ham:
Alcohol:
Herbs:
Chili:
Oil:
Heather:
Vanilla:
Caramel:
Dried Fruit:
Iodine:
Zitrus:
Raisin:
Honey:
Blackberry:
Nutmeg:
Cake:
Fig:
Plum:
Hazelnut:
Pear:
Cherry:
Lemon:
Floral:
Ginger:
Anis:
Lime:
Green Apple:
Barley:
Cinnamon:
Clove:
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Quality rating of this bottle
4.6
Rate
998
576
Quality comparison of bottles
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All tasting notes
30. Nov 2017
19. Dec 2020
Most of todays NAS whiskies I wouldn't touch with a barge pole, but this old classic belongs to the few notable exceptions. The nose of Ardbeg Uigeadail takes you straight to the windswept shores of Islay, featuring seashells, brine and iodine. Peat smoke, tobacco and sweet bacon emerge, followed by band-aid, black olives and aniseed. Warming and spicy at first, the taste is intensely phenolic and earthy with notes of walnuts, honey and bitter oak. Ashy peatiness, burned toast and salty licorice mark the long finish. Wee beastie beware, papa is coming!
RATING: 4.2/5.0 ≙ 89 pts
RATING: 4.2/5.0 ≙ 89 pts
06. Dec 2023
19. Mar 2016
Nosing:
Taste:
Finish:
Comment: rough if you are not a fan
Taste:
Finish:
Comment: rough if you are not a fan
21. Dec 2014
18. Jul 2020
Nosing: 
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
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
15. Jun 2014
14. Jan 2016
10. Sep 2013
07. Nov 2013
