58,4°
Distillery : Ardbeg - Islay
Bourbon Barrel
Independent Bottling
By Malts of Scotland
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2015
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Peated around 54 ppm
It was in 2005 that the German trading company Malts of Scotland was founded by Thomas Ewers. Since then, success has only increased. Here we have an Ardbeg distilled in 1998 and bottled about 16 years later,185 bottles became reality, in honour of Whisky & Co. and Whisky Antique, the first being a French site dedicated to our favorite beverage, the second a very famous Italian point of sale.
Let's Taste It :
Thick, rocky peat. Like a punch in the face. Sticky, gooey liquorice, a few white fruits, mirabelles, greengages. Nails, fuel oil and gravel. Metallic, chalky earth, fairly strong iodine, and at the same time airy, the tide is windy. The fruits return after a while, very ripe, almost candied. The palate is light, lemony, with a few spices, pepper, cumin, nutmeg, burnt plastic. The finish is pleasantly long, with charcoal, earth, sun-browned grass and cola.
In Short,
It's very Ardbeg, very peaty with liquorice and some white fruits. But despite the uncompromising violence of the product, I’m not very impressed, it lacks a little depth, variety. Nothing particularly original. And when I see the price, I think it’s inappropriate.
Score : 89
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