Nose: ripe strawberries, white almonds, then an old peat, feels mature, medicinal, moss, sweet rich sherry aromas, fresh cut pine tree wood - it is intense for sure. The peat is a little different to regular Ardbegs which is probably because of the interesting manzanilla sherry casks they matured it in for 10 years. It is very good. Later a lot of vanilla with a bid of lemon, butter pie, dry grass and syrupy sherry. Palate: prickly, cold and acidic, then right away a cold ash note appears - still somehow unlike what I know from regular Ardbegs. Fruity fresh and slightly sweet, then yellow fruits (peaches and that sort) as well as a bunch of citrus fruits, wood chips and fresh resin. Very much alive, super present and vibrant. Finish: strong and flavorful, intense and forever ongoing, apples, vanilla. Slightly wood-bitter. Water makes the nose less peaty but sweeter - reminds me of creamy sweetened condensed milk. This whisky makes for a very exiting and interesting dram. So intense and colorful in its aromas and flavors. I had it before in a pub some months ago and remember liking it slightly better, so I am looking forward to how it develops over time.