50,7°
Distillery : Ardbeg - Islay
Ex-Bourbon Casks and Pinot Noir from New Zealand Finish
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2019
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Peated around 54 ppm
For the 20th anniversary of the Ardbeg Committee, something special was needed. Since finishing in Sherry, Rum and Toasted casks as much as possible had already been done several times, they went all the way to New Zealand to make this whisky, finished for 5 years in Pinot Noir casks. It was released in early 2020, well before the 2nd limited edition, reduced to 46°.
Let's Taste It :
First, mild, vinous fragrances - you can really smell the Pinot. Then smoke makes its entrance, powerful, enticing, slightly sweet, like cotton candy, with blackcurrant and gooseberry. Behind, the typical Ardbeg iodine, beautiful fullness, foam and sea spray in the face. And at the end, the peat crushes everything, I love it. Liquorish on the palate, with figs and red fruits, raspberries, blackberries, with spices in the background. Paprika, saffron, turmeric. I like the fact that the spices stay in the background. It's well wooded, with solid oak. Cloves, holly, a few shovelfuls of peat, a hint of strawberry gariguette. More lovely earthy peat in a fairly long finish, slightly bitter dark chocolate, a coffee bean crunch.
In Short,
Another very nice experiment, making a change from the usual range of this fine distillery. On the other hand, I went to see the prices on the second market, because this bottle is out of stock everywhere, and oh my God, it's crazy.
Score : 89
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Skin - Kill Everything
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