Ardbeg 10 Year Old Scotch Whisky

Ardbeg Ten Years Old Scotch is revered around the world as the peatiest, smokiest, most complex single malt of them all. Yet it does not flaunt the peat in your face. Rather it shows it in a beautiful, subtle interplay with time and oak, emerging when you taste it to drizzle across your tongue with surprising sweetness and grace. Caressed by Islay's salty sea air and native humid sea mists, known locally as 'Heather Mist', Ardbeg's rich barley and pure spring water produce a whisky that is full-bodied and creamy.

Luxurious and smoky, Ardbeg Ten Years Old is a luxuriously rich single malt that evokes the seaside breeze off the coast of Islay. Yet it does not flaunt the peat, but allows it to add richness and complexity.

COLOUR
Light Gold

AROMA
A burst of intense smoky fruit escapes into the atmosphere ? peat infused with zesty lemon and lime, wrapped in waxy dark chocolate. Bold menthol and black pepper slice through the sweet smoke followed by tarry ropes and graphite. Savour the aroma of smoked fish and crispy bacon alongside green bell peppers, baked pineapple and pear juice.
Add water and an oceanic minerality brings a breath of cool, briny seaspray. Waxed lemon and lime follows with coal tar soap, beeswax and herby pine woodlands. Toasted vanilla and sizzling cinnamon simmer with warm hazelnut and almond toffee.

TASTE
An explosion of crackling peat sets off millions of flavour explosions: peat effervesces with tangy lemon and lime juice, black pepper pops with sizzling cinnamon-spiced toffee. Then comes a wave of brine infused with smooth buttermilk, ripe bananas and currants. Smoke gradually wells up on the palate bringing a mouthful of warm creamy cappuccino and toasted marshmallows. As the taste lengthens and deepens, dry espresso, liquorice root and tarry smoke develop coating the palate with chewy peat oils.

FINISH
The finish goes on and on ? long and smoky with tarry espresso, aniseed, toasted almonds and traces of soft barley and fresh pear.