Ardbeg Uigedail 54.2%
Initially, predominantly sherry, raisins and spicy stewed fruit cooked over a smouldering peat fire….then molasses and caramelised brown sugar that develops into Pedro Ximenez sherry. Eventually a touch of horse sweat and woodsmoke.
This nose is so overpowering in its beauty, as the multitude of layers develop.
The palate is sherry, old oak and chocolate chilli that finishes with the sweetest tarry seaweed and iconic Ardbeg peat smoke that lingers….forever.
Water opens this dram Corryvreckan style with oily butterscotch, caramel, citrus, peppery peat that leaves your palate just gasping for more.
This has got to be the most exquisitely balanced whisky I have ever experienced…..addictive, extraordinary, unbeatable, Ardbeg. 98
Arguably, the most beautifully crafted whisky in the world….ever….
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Arbeg Uigedail is a very special dram indeed. I agree with most of the above notes, but still maintain that the nose reminds me of smoke from a "braaivlies"-fire (babequed ribs). My rating is 91 and it is the 11th best Single Malt that I enjoyed, so far.