Ardbeg Uigedail Nose: Lemon, lime, apple, pear, and then sweet malt and sweet Tokaji wine. A hint of crisp salty air, but very little tell-tale medicinal, oily, smoky, or earthy aroma, if any... even after letting it open. Surprisingly fruity and sweet, for Ardbeg, even knowing it's sherry-finished. There is a bit of old charred cask scent behind it all, but no bandaids or campfires, shockingly, and... sadly. The nose is delightful actually, but shockingly polite, reminding me more of an eau de vie than an Islay scotch. Taste & Body: Very similar to the 10yr at first, but much less graphite and turf, with flamboyantly obvious fruit like percieved in the nose. The oiliness is subdued by comparison, though by no means thin. Luckily, the familiar brine is still full on here. The more present and loud fruit and malt flavors create a harmony unheard in the Ten, distracting from the bold soloists of oiliness, fish bones, and weeds. The sour, sweet, floral, herbal, medicinal flavors are all there, but in concert as a choir rather than the war cry of the front-line. Enhanced honey-like, pomaceous sweetness seems to bring forward sharp and acidic raw cocoa, sour white burley tobacco, and a markedly more noticeable meyer lemon flesh flavor (than percieved in the Ten). Rather than decisive, serial assaults, strikes to the senses, the approach of the Uigeadail is concerted, marching in a phalanx at you to the tune of snare and fife rather than charging with bloody war-cry, bolstered by hogskin drum and war-horn. Finish: Though I can set aside my preferences and expectations for the nose and taste, I will have to say, some points are lost on the finish. There's nothing overly wrong, but nothing noticeably right either. The finish is so short, there are only moments before you may forget you've had a sip at all... and that's especially shocking when you consider how at least some salt and smoke should be the feathers stuck to your tarred tongue! Overall: The flavors are big and deep, but very tight. Definitely, the coordination has finesse and reminds me of Talisker in this way, but not necessarily what one might have come to appreciate from Ardbeg. The concert of flavors definitely makes for what some may call a more "refined" product, but I also would say that it makes for a less "robust" product where none of the elements shine brightly for any moment in their own rights. Let's call your typical Islay William Wallance, and the Uigeadail is Robert the Bruce? 4/5