Ardbeg 1991 12 Year Old MM#652 Murray McDavid

Ardbeg Supernova 2010

For a while, I've been lurking around this site and reading many of the excellent reviews posted. For quite a bit of that time, I've been meaning to start posting reviews myself, but I've never gotten around to it until now - think of it as a new year's resolution of sorts. And what better way of starting the new year than opening a bottle that's...

Score 95/100

Ardbeg Corryvreckan

Nose - smoke, tar and ash, with water opens up nicely. Palate is very smooth as for strenght, but also very powerfull. After adding some (very little) water, becomes extremely pleasant. Peaty, salty, very rich. Finish is typical for Ardbeg, impressive and very long. Great balance, maybe best recent Ardbeg.

Score 92/100

Ardbeg 10 Year Old

The nose is powerful - peat, salt, a little iodine and an underlying sweetness. I can leave it sitting on a coffee table more than a metre away, and within a minute, I get gentle wafts of the smell. Very balanced too, and warm. The taste takes a few seconds to gently and smoothly bloom into a deeply warm, peaty, smoky, salty, slightly medicinal,...

Score 87/100

Ardbeg Uigeadail

How fitting that my first review on WC is the Uigeadail. While almost all Ardbeg bottling's have that distinctive peaty depth, this is one of my staples. I always have an Oogie on my bar. That bold Ardbeg Peat smoke almost guides you through a spectacular journey of Christmas cake, vanilla, coffee, toffee and that lemony tang that never...

Score 96/100