［品飲心得］Uigeadail L10，老Uigeadail 的原味重現～
討論主題:［品飲心得］Uigeadail L10，老Uigeadail 的原味重現～ [ 品飲心得 ]
回討論區列表Mikuku
評價:+18-0
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I won’t elaborate on this bottling, there are some much betterexegetes of Ardbeg than yours truly. What’s sure is that recent batches have proven much more polarising than the smashing 2003/2004 editions – but not here. Not sure they still make them in the same way as they originally did (with quite a few casks from the 1970s thrown in). Colour: full gold. Nose: no peat blast, rather whiffs of Demerara rum and other sweet notes. Vanilla fudge, light toffee, caramel and then quite a lot of leather and mushrooms. Humus and compost. Really unfolds over time, even without water. With water: brilliant. Rubber boots, tarmac and heating oil. Mouth (neat): rich, candied attack, all on Seville oranges and barley sugar, coated with tar and liquorice plus a dash of Himalayan salt (please drop the Himalyan part, it doesn’t make any sense – or not much). This is big whisky. With water: perfect. Salty, peaty, rooty, tarry… Rougher and ‘younger’ than on the nose for sure but still wonderful. Finish: long, with now notes of figs and dates, probably from sherry. Quite some cough syrup too. Comments: I don’t know how they do this. Originally, they DID add quite a lot of old sherry casks but do they really still do that? Do they have a secret trick? What’s sure is that it does taste like some rich ‘old style’ Ardbeg, and that it’s probably just as exhilarating as the first batches. SGP:468 - 92 points.
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Mikuku
評價:+18-0
回應帳號:Mikuku(powen_h)
A deep, rich and constantly thrilling version of Ardbeg that’s sold for around £45 to £50. I’ve always loved it since 2003 and this ‘L10’ batch remains superb. I know there’s absolutely nothing original in saying that Uigeadail is great whisky for a great price but I wasn’t going to select an obscure Glentowbullin Single Cask for Outer-Mongolia just to try to be smart, was I? What’s more, it’s simply got the best possible Quality-Availability/Price ratio in my book and no, that’s got nothing to do with heavy peat.
RICK
評價:+372-0
lipstar
評價:+8-0
孤獨的牛仔
評價:+32-0
Mikuku
評價:+18-0
lipstar
評價:+8-0
RICK
評價:+372-0
木樨綱手
評價:+56-0
酒僮
評價:+110-1
回應帳號:Mikuku(powen_h)
Ardbeg 'Uigeadail' (54.2%, OB, +/-2013)
No I haven't got any laser codes or whatnot, but this one is recent for sure. The latest version I've tried was bottled circa 2010 and I loved it (WF 92). Colour: gold. Nose: it's not complicated, and I guess there's less super-old Ardbeg than in earlier batches anyway, but balance was found, with some straight smoke (exhaust) and then a combo of vanilla fudge, custard and lemon curd. A little wet paint as well, some leather and just a little tobacco. Maybe it's narrower than the first Uigeadails but so far, so good. And I enjoy these black olives that come out after ten minutes. With water: swims perfectly. Putty, almonds, seashells... Mouth (neat): it's perfect. Simple, but perfect. Impressive mouth feel. Lemon zests, bitter herbs, tar, brine and liquorice. It's certainly less rich and opulent than the first Uigeadails from ten years ago, but I'm not sure it's lost anything. I enjoy this more chiselled style. With water: smoother, with some orange blossom honey, but the tarry and liquoricy side remains big. Also kumquats and bergamots. Finish: long, with even more tar and smoke. Comments: by far my favourite current/recent official Ardbeg. I think the styles change a bit, but quality remains evenly high, if I may say so.SGP:458 - 92 points.