Uncorking. Very excited to find this bottle. Light gold color. Much lighter than most Ardbeg with a mild nose, salty breeze, very sweet and gentle smokey meat & peat. Nose all in the glass and no burning nostrils despite 49.9abv. Taste is salty/briny as anything I have had. Lots of sweet vanilla, coffee and toasted sugars. Surprisingly subtle for Ardbeg. Then fades into dark chocolate and coffee on the finish with a bit more of the salt and smoke. The reviews are mixed on this one but I would go buy another bottle right now if they had one at the $149.99 U.S. I paid.