Ardbeg 1990 Airigh Nam Beist Bot.2008

Tasting Notes by The Whisky Exchange

• Nose

  Honey, creamy cereal and restrained peat. Apple, peach, and nectarine develop.

• Palate

  Smoked oats, sweet honey, crispy bacon, spice and hay, with smoke and gentle malt.

• Finish

  Honey and spice slowly fade.

Producer's Tasting Notes

• Nose

  The initial impression is of eating Ardbeg ice cream on the beach – the combination of sea spray, creamy vanilla ice cream infused with hints of peat oil, finished with a drizzle of gooey fudge sauce. Cutting through this luscious sweetness is an exciting assortment of fennel and pine nuts, zesty limes and sherbet with a touch of geranium leaves and lavender.

• Taste

  Definitely Ardbeg on the taste with peat, seaweed bonfire smokiness. Crispy smoky bacon, maple syrup and antiseptic lozenges leave a peppery and oily feel on the palate. Sweet and fruity flavours of ripe autumn fruits and chocolate limes emerge as notes of black coffee, liquorice and reminders of parma violets linger in the background.

• Finish

  Long on the finish with dried peat and creamy notes.

Tasting Notes by John Hansell (Malt Advocate)

• Some of the best intensely smoky, peaty Islay whiskies are balanced with a foundation of malty sweetness. This whisky is an excellent example. A sinewy malt with the classic bold notes of kiln smoke, peat, tarry rope, and coal ash. Sweeter notes of honeyed malt, ripe vanilla, chocolate fudge and toasted marshmallow temper and soothe the palate, along with background berry confit. The smoke lingers long on the palate. Ardbeg devotees will not be disappointed. 92 points.

These tasting notes are reproduced from Malt Advocate magazine Q1 2007

Tasting Notes by Tim F

• Nose

  Honey, an oiliness, toasted cereal, restrained peat. Youthful, creamy, some apple & peach / nectarine aromas developing. Hot milk, melted vanilla ice cream.

• Palate

  Glorious sweet honey / oatmeal attack. Smoked cereal, crispy bacon, spices, syrup and hay, with smoke and gentle malt. Brilliant balance, silky mouthfeel.

• Finish

  A peaty caress. Honey and spices drifting over the tongue.

• Comment

  I could drink this every day and never get tired of it. Just delicious.