This one’s a wee beauty, I picked this up recently from the boys at Fine Vintage, it’s said that Uigeadail derives from the Scotch Gaelic for 'Dark and Mysterious Place' and is named from the Loch from where Ardbeg draws its water.
It
has been bestowed a few awards, Jim Murray bible has given it two, one being 2009
World Whisky of the Year and the other being 2014 Liquid Gold Award. So here we
go.
What…
Ardbeg
Uigeadail
Location…
ISLAY
Where…
Home.
Why…
Sitin
at home without anything to do, a little bored and the bottle was staring at me,
pleading to be opened.
Tasting…
Nose: Blowout peat locked
with iodine, hospital wards, rum tipsy cake when you open the packet at first, caramel
and oceans, then a wee drap o water, magical notes of peat and boiling demerara
sugar.
Taste: It gets better on the palate, like
a flash flood of peat, rushing in, a slight sting of medicine then calm and a creamy
vanilla, sherried sultanas and golden syrup.
Finish: Sweetness receding and
highlighting the iodine and oak, then a lingering peaty caramel and demerara
sugar.
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Comments..... Well just when you
thought it could not get any better you get this, WOW that’s it in a nutshell
WOW. This is a must have in anyone’s cabinet.
Get
it…
From
the boys at Fine Vintage in Hong Kong or Duty Free.
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