(Ardbeg parallel tasting of the An Oa, the Uigedail and the Corryvreckan.) The peat isn’t the first thing that explodes in your nose here. The entry makes cherries, red grapes, blackberries, lemons, apples and pineapple cooked in intense honey on a barbecue grill. The peat is a lot more subtle although very flavorful. Later the nose becomes a vanilla marzipan bomb with some floral notes and the peat falls in place much better. Also some chocolate with coffee flavor. Sweet and spicy on the palate with now some nice and slightly oily ashy wooden peat. It is smooth and fruity. The fruit flavors get even more intense and delicious after the first sip. The short finish is very oaky heavy with smoke and a mature bitterness. I like this a lot more than on my first taste some months ago. Impressive how gorgeously placed the peat is here - it is so non-invasive yet omnipresent and it underlines all the nice fruity and vanilla aromas so perfectly. What a great, smooth and intense whisky.