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Ardbeg
Whisky: Ardbeg 1998-2009
Serie: Adelphi Selection
Age: 10 years
Type: Single malt
   
Distilled: 1998
Bottled: 2009
Cask Type: First Fill Bourbon Barrel
Cask #: 1979
Bottles: 193
Strength: 58.8%
   
Distillery: Ardbeg Distillery
Bottler: Adelphi
Country: Scotland: Islay
   
 
Date: 20-10-2018
Nose: Sourness, peat, vanilla, vegetable, light smoke.
Flavour: Peat, ash, vanilla, yellow fruit, light new wood.
Body: Round, beautifully oily, gently viscous, prickling dryness.
Comments: O how I wish this was the standard Ardbeg 10 year old.
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