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Tasting notes:
Ardbeg's 17 Years Old - "Lord of the Islays"
Nose: The gentlest
of peats, yet deep and confident with an enticing sweetness - a heady
mixture of malt and vanillins. Vaguely salty and very complex with oak
present but very much in harness. Just a hint of bourbon and even a fainter
hint of tangy orange to widen the spectrum.
Taste: There is a much greater presence of peat in the taster than the nose suggests. The
smokiness quickly hits the palate and then tapers off. That said, the middle shows an
excellent chewy malt alongside a touch of cocoa.
Finish: The peat
returns and guarantees and enormously long finale. The taste of the malt
clings and hints of liquorice and dry toast are detected. This form of oakiness continues but
never becomes sappy or too dry as the peat balances this out beautifully.
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