Ardbeg Sherry Cask

~ 52-54% ABV / ~10-12 Years Old

Score: 89/100

What they say:

The 3rd of our single cask samples from the Ardbeg Distillery was matured in a sherry cask.

What I say:

Oogy oogy oogy – oy oy oy

One word – Uigeadail

Colour:

Pure ruby red

Nose:

Old bicycle tyres, dusty, earthen, peaty smoke, strawberry ice cream, tangerine skin, figs, caramelised sugar, marmite/malt, jammy red fruits

Taste:

Jammy red fruits, slight cinnamon spice (firball gobstoppers) and chilli heat before peaty chewy smoky bacon, meaty, nutmeg and marzipan

Finish:

Long, old campfires made out of leather sofa’s

Overall:

Loved this one but overall was a little too ashen and peaty which overpowered the sherry – presumably this is ironed out of the single casks when vatting for production of the Uigeadail expression.