Ardbeg Corryvreckan

Medium body, bold on back of tongue? Sweet and smokey

This is the Ardbeg to die for, apart from the impossible to find and ridiculously expensive even if you can, expressions like Kelpie, Serendipity and Airigh Nam Beist. I've been an Ardbeg fan since first visiting Islay in 1989, and it's great to see how its reputation has grown since those dark days. Pepper, smoke, seaweed, bacon fat. Rocks at this strength, make no mistake - but don't even think about adding water. Next to the 1980-82 Macallan Gran Reserva my favourite whisky expression ever.