Ardbeg 10-Year Cask Strength Single Malt (700ml)
700ml
Sale price
$30.00
Regular price $129.99
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Ardbeg 10-Year Cask Strength Single Malt (700ml)
Sale price
$30.00
Regular price $129.99
It has finally happened, a cask strength offering of Ardbeg’s famous 10 year old single malt. Created using mostly ex-bourbon casks with some ‘experimental casks’ filed to a higher strength than usual being used in the overall recipe.
What those experimental casks are is up for debate, but this is a bottle that has most people sitting on the edges of their seats for.
Nose:
Lime juice, baked lemons, classic Ardbeg ashy, sooty smoke, almost no hint of the higher ABV at all. Some sort of blossom, maybe cherry blossom and a big wave of agave nectar, too. I get it with all Ardbeg and Laphroaig all the time – white chocolate and hazelnuts, wet rocks on the beach, oyster shells and classic whiffs of Islay peat.
Palate:
It’s surprisingly mellow at the start. You do get a gradual buildup of spiciness, but it doesn’t feel above 50% on the initial taste. More classic Ardbeg soot and smoke, more baked lemon notes and some roasted meat – roasted chicken, sage, rosemary, etc. The spice does build a little more on the second sip – feels more like pickled jalapenos and pepper relish with fatty deli meats. This whisky can really build from that initial subtlety.
Finish:
Long, chewy and with a lot of the classic notes that we love about Ardbeg. Although, I must say it isn’t that heavy on the creosote/iodine profile, it’s a rather subtle and approachable cask strength Islay whisky, which isn’t something I’ve said a lot. Cigar leaf, medium bodied cigar smoke, foliage, damp leaves, smoked chilli peppers/smoked chilli salsa, a little touch of that hazelnut note from the nose. Becomes very oily and earthy on the finish, dying smoke, peat smoke, cigar smoke, feels dense and heavy on the tongue. more flecks of chilli spice and savoury herbs.