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Cellar/Tasting Notes
"Vivid straw yellow. The opening nose gives a jolt of what makes Ardbeg a cult malt: mesmerizing peatiness that's borderline medicine chest and fresh cigar ash. On subsequent sniffings the intense peatiness settles down into an ashy-sooty but mellow and composed bouquet. First taste is dry and..

Cellar/Tasting Notes
"With the Ardbeg 17 year old off the market, it’s nice to see a new Ardbeg in the line-up. Uigeadail costs about the same as the Ardbeg 17 did but, with Uigeadail, you’re getting a much more interesting whisky. Uigeadail consists of a marriage of younger whisky (from 1990 and 1993) with much older..

Cellar/Tasting Notes
Over-ripe oranges, strong bitter marmalade and hot-buttered toast initially, then hints of some more exotic fruit (perhaps fresh pineapple or passionfruit? Wine cask-induced?). Tinned peach syrup. Turfy phenolics are smouldering in the background. Becomes more citrussy with a few minutes in the..

Cellar/Tasting Notes
Ardbeg's 1999 Galileo Islay Single Malt is has the seaside tang and smoke and signature "oiliness" of its Islay origins. Aged in Marsala casks, it has overtones of tangy lemon and lime with notes of spiced toffee.