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Ardbeg Uigeadail
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed
January 13, 2019 (edited October 31, 2019)
It is absolutely bone chilling cold tonight, perfect weather for peaty whisky. Uigeadail features some sherry cask maturation unlike the regular 10 year which should add some fruitiness. Also added a few drops of water due to the cask strength of the whisky.
Nose: initially a vegetal peat smoke and no pcp (this for me is a plus), after this is dark fruits almost like raisins. Holding the grlencairn a few inches from my nose makes the fruits more present. Something almost like used coffee grounds also shows up after a while along with cigar ash.
Palette: initially sweet that then turns to a vegetal peat smoke. A hint of vanilla also dances around at times. The cask strength adds a very pleasant warming affect as well.
Finish: long and smokey that then turns to a bitterness akin to dark chocolate, maybe the most pleasant part of the dram.
A wonderful cold weather whisky. Found the peat extremely pleasant as it was more vegetal than medicinal. The sherry casks also add a great fruitiness that added an extra layer of depth. At almost $100 certainly not a value dram but very enjoyable and certainly worth the entry price.
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