Ardbeg 18-year-old CA Dumpy Bottle

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Ardbeg
Bottler	Cadenhead's (CA)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	-
Bottled Year	-
Age	18년
Cask Type	-
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	46.0%
Volume	750 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

Flavor Profile

Smoky

Peaty

Maritime

Oaky

Vanilla

Sweet

Creamy

Honey

Fruity

Spicy

Dried Fruit

Nutty

Citrus

Herbal

Chocolate

Floral

Tasting Notes

Colour

gold

air Nose

there is a feeling of new American oak, with this vanilla, but we’re below the limits. I remember I had tried the two components of the popular Ten a while back at the distillery, one was ex-refill bourbon, the other ex-first fill. We’re closer to the latter here, and once again, I do not get much sherry, let alone ‘dark’ sherry. A little crème brulée, perhaps, and then whiffs of ginger and nutmeg from the wood, before more coastal and – of course – smoky notes start to rise to your nostrils. Triple-sec as well. And bandages. Feels a little sweet, pleasantly so

restaurant Palate

indeed, it is a little sweet, with a citrusy blast at first, then some ginger and plenty of ashes, then a touch of salty tar. Perhaps a little rubbery ginger (or gingery rubber) before it gets even saltier. It’s not the most complex Ardbeg ever, this is no 1960s or 1970s distillate, but as they say in mail order, it does deliver

timer Finish

long and rather more nutmeggy/gingery. Typical young Ardbeg aftertaste, as if you had just chewed a rubber band

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