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:
Maritime Notes:
Bonfire Smoke:
Vanilla:
Seaweed:
Spices:
Caramel:
Tobacco:
Ham:
Oak:
Coffee:
Leather:
Malt:
Alcohol:
Honey:
Salt:
Herbs:
Zitrus:
Chocolate:
Dried Fruit:
Raisin:
Medicinal Smoke:
Iodine:
Nuts:
Dark Chocolate:
Cake:
Heather:
Orange:
Berries:
Blackberry:
Clove:
Floral:
Grape:
Grass:
Plum:
Fig:
Lime:
Mint:
Pepper:
Anis:
Pear:
Date:
Grapefruit:
Oil:
Peach:
Tropical Fruit:
Almonds:
Pineapple:
Apple:
Banana:
Chili:
Cinnamon:
Coconut:
Ginger:
Lemon:
Nutmeg:
Walnut:
Tasting
Peat Smoke:
Sweet:
Sherry:
Spices:
Oak:
Herb:
Malt:
Maritime Notes:
Fruit:
Bonfire Smoke:
Vanilla:
Seaweed:
Salt:
Nuts:
Ham:
Pepper:
Tobacco:
Chocolate:
Coffee:
Dark Chocolate:
Honey:
Dried Fruit:
Oil:
Medicinal Smoke:
Alcohol:
Caramel:
Zitrus:
Chili:
Herbs:
Heather:
Iodine:
Leather:
Raisin:
Orange:
Cake:
Lemon:
Blackberry:
Date:
Berries:
Cinnamon:
Fig:
Plum:
Tropical Fruit:
Walnut:
Anis:
Apple:
Banana:
Barley:
Black Currant:
Cherry:
Clove:
Ginger:
Hay:
Lemon Peel:
Nutmeg:
Finish
Peat Smoke:
Sweet:
Spices:
Oak:
Sherry:
Herb:
Malt:
Maritime Notes:
Bonfire Smoke:
Coffee:
Tobacco:
Fruit:
Seaweed:
Dark Chocolate:
Nuts:
Pepper:
Chocolate:
Salt:
Ham:
Vanilla:
Oil:
Leather:
Medicinal Smoke:
Chili:
Herbs:
Zitrus:
Heather:
Caramel:
Iodine:
Dried Fruit:
Raisin:
Alcohol:
Nutmeg:
Pear:
Blackberry:
Cake:
Honey:
Hazelnut:
Plum:
Fig:
Floral:
Barley:
Cherry:
Cinnamon:
Clove:
Lemon:
Lime:
Ginger:
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Quality rating of this bottle
4.6
Rate
851
420
Quality comparison of bottles
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All tasting notes
03. Jan 2022
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27. Feb 2022
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
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