Bottle 13 - Ardbeg Uigeadail
Ardbeg Uigeadail
Whisk(e)y Advent 2025 - Bottle 13 - paired calendar entry:
calendar/2025-12-13.qmd
Distillery: Ardbeg Distillery Region / Country: Islay, Scotland Style: Single Malt Scotch Age: NAS ABV: 54.2% Cask(s): Ex-bourbon American oak, ex-Oloroso sherry casks Grain bill: 100% malted barley
Tasting Notes
- Nose: Christmas cake, walnut oil, ocean spice, cedar, smoke, treacle toffee.
- Palate: Sweet, winter spices, smoky-spicy, honey-glazed smoke, treacle.
- Finish: Lingering raisin, deep mocha, aromatic smoke.
Verbatim source text
Reproduced from calendar/2025-12-13.qmd (Whisk(e)y Advent 2025).
- Nose: warm Christmas cake, walnut oil and parma violets fused with fresh ocean spice, cedar and pine needles falling from the Christmas tree. A smouldering coal fire and the scent of well-oiled leather brings warmth. The sweetness of treacle toffees and chocolate-coated raisins emerge through the smoke.
- Palate: The flavour is initially sweet. A burst of winter spices sets off a smoky-spicy explosion countered by a sumptuous mid-palate of honey glazed smoked food and chewy treacle. Waves of deep smoky tones and rich aromas build up on the palate like a fine Montecristo cigar.
- Finish: lingering raisiny, deep mocha tones and rich aromatic smoke