Ardbeg 10yr Single Malt Scotch
Color – Amber with pale gold highlights.
Nose – Big-bodied, dark and pungent, good, solid peat character and an underlay of rich lemon zest citrus, dry, but with a hint of sweetness, round with a delicate note of iodine.
Flavor – Full-bodied, earthily, smokily peaty and rich with touches of coffee/chocolate and tarry rope/creosote.
Finish – Long, tangy and quite pungent, the citrus notes reprise, together with dark chocolate and a little seaweed.