Tasting Notes

• Tasting Notes by The Whisky Exchange

  • Nose:

    Smoky apricots, sea spray and creamy vanilla with woodsmoke, tar, menthol and fennel.

  • Palate:

    Sappy, with coal tar soap, anise peppermint and espresso. Sweet malt and smoke sit underneath.

  • Finish:

    Menthol and spice slowly fade, revealing vanilla sweetness.

• Tasting notes from the producer

  • Nose:

    A beautiful, seductive, exotic bouquet, with hints of smoked apricots in syrup, salt and pepper seasoning and some soft, creamy vanilla. This then leads in to a symphony of smoky and herbal notes, like woodsmoke, tar, menthol and fennel. A little water releases more volatile top notes, like pine resin, vetiver root, coriander, liquorice and a curious soapy note.

  • Taste:

    The texture is soft, ‘sappy’, gently coating the tongue. The explosion of firm robust flavours is unquestionably Ardbeg – coal tar soap, aniseed, peppermint, espresso coffee, sweet barley malt and a lingering, aromatic smokiness.

  • Finish:

    The lingering finish is both fresh with menthol and spicy, with hints of allspice, clove and bitter almonds, finally revealing a distant vanilla essence sweetness.