Ardbeg 10 Tasting Notes and Ratings.

Ardbeg 10

Added on Thursday, Feb 8, 2007 at 06:32 AM

Bottler:

Age:	10 yrs	Type:	Scotch
Vintage:	N/A	Subtype:	Single Malt
ABV:	46.00 %	Region:	Islay
Price:	$45	Availability:	Wide

Member Ratings and Notes

Adam

Peat peat delicious smoke. Excellent balance from the powerful peat nose through the smoky-but-sweet body to the smoky-spicy finish that lasts nice and long.

Chris

N: Lemon and peat.
P: Clean and simple, yet so good. Perfect peaty goodness.
F: Long and sweet, with a hint of pepper.
A classic Islay whisky.

Mild, slightly peaty nose. Oily in the mouth, peaty but smooth. A momentarily strong finish falls off pretty quickly, but then maintains for awhile. Overall a pretty good whisky, but not remarkable.

Nose is weak, with a hint of peat. Taste is smooth, easy, even buttery at first -- but it goes nowhere. Pleasant and likable, but totally forgettable. A little peat helps the finish. But this does very little for me.

Interesting. Reminds me of a Signatory Unchillfiltered Highland Park. Very little taste, just clean. But a powerful finish.

Mike

Hard not to like. A sweeter peat smoke -- lots of it, but light in style. Makes me think of white smoke rather than dark black. A nice sweetness underneath. There are other better Islays, and Ardbegs, but its so drinkable.

Dave

A straight up classic from Islay. I love the earthy peat and dusty, almost metallic background that young Ardbegs have. I always keep a bottle of this around and I look for specific batches (bottle codes) to be sure that I get a good one.

Fuji

A good go to bottle of young ardbeg. Has the nice smokiness and medicinal qualities of a classic islay malt. B/B+

Ries

n: peaty and medicinal, full-on phenols with more tar and rubber on top. Maritime with seabrine and smouldering beach fire.

t: follows nose with a bit of floral in the middle. Phenols and BBQ meat initially. Very tarry with a salty, medicinal body. Oily in the mouth and intense with a bit of pine resin at the end. [B-/B]

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