Ardbeg Uigeadail

Not bad, but too young. It can hardly compete with any Kilchoman whisky.

LVMH? No wonder they’re a giant. A core-range profile executed with corporate-level consistency and quality—simply excellent. (Bottled on 28.08.2024)

The fragrance has a light peaty scent, but is more of a fruity sherry cask aroma. It's not a heavy sherry scent; it's refreshing with lemon and grapefruit peel notes, combined with fresh red grapes and cranberries, along with a hint of rose and a slightly salty, smoky, cured meat-like quality. It's a very layered and pleasant fragrance with minimal alcohol. It's completely different from the current Ugandan style, which seems to have a lot of worn-out sherry casks. It has a very layered flavor profile. The initial taste is a sweet and smooth blend of red grapes and cream, very pleasant and smooth without being oily, and almost entirely without alcohol. The first taste fades quickly, followed by a gradual transformation. First, there's a slightly bitter herbal note, but that also fades quickly, transitioning into a smoky, campfire-like flavor. Then comes a slightly salty taste with hints of spice, and finally, a very authentic peaty flavor. This warm, sweet peaty is what I consider the perfect Arbe. Finally, after slowly swallowing the last bit of peat in my mouth, the rich peat flavor surged up again, a second mini-peak of peat, which I really enjoyed; it was incredibly refreshing. The finish was long, and after the peat subsided, you could feel a subtle smokiness, followed by a taste of salted cured meat with some spices, a slight bitterness, but still pleasant.

Smell: Since the bottle has been awake for eight months, the edges and corners of the alcohol have been wiped out, and the aroma is more unimpeded. The main theme is the salty sea breeze and minerals, like iron beater oil overturning the old ones. On the bottom of the book, there is a hint of tomato stewed beef brisket, the picture is clear and balanced, very attractive Drink: Although the bottle has been awake for a long time, the entrance is still turbulent, soot and sweetness are intertwined, the sea water is beating on the shore reef, the mullet roe is grilled with a gun, which has a high degree of complexity, and the end rhyme is in the bitterness and sweetness of chocolate Be extended indefinitely Feeling: Although the Ugandan version of this bottle is not the most prestigious version, it is still very beautiful.'Awake in a bottle for eight months' has somewhat improved the sense of balance and taste, which may lead to a slightly higher score. It is also a real feeling that Uganda uses a higher proportion of sherry barrels than Oku no Cape and lower than Black Bay. It is bottled with non-condensing filtration and high alcohol strength, which gives it a very comfortable balance and can still be found. A lot of the original imprint of the winery, I think it is the second only to 10 years of conventional products, and the price is very high. (This is an old note in my notebook, using the old scoring system. Although this will result in a high score, I still want to show this score.)

This remains the absolute top of the core range of Ardbeg.

This review was written in Korean and translated with ChatGPT

An utterly reliable benchmark bottling. No drop in quality over the last ten years or so. Deep, dark, ashy.

Everything fits with the Uigeadail, the smoke, the sweet sherry aromas and the strength of the whisky

The alcohol content is higher than Ten, but the finish is lower. There is a strong aging and sherry cask lactic acidity, and at the same time, it is difficult to find positive spices or grapes.

Peat seems to be ahead of many things, but that's not unexpected. Maybe the dilution wasn't done properly; that would explain the lower intensity than I expected. It's obvious why it's a classic, but it's not hard to guess that the old ones were better. Price performance: Medium Would I buy it again?: On a proper shelf, I wouldn't reach for this bottle first.

Love it. Sherry, peat, spiciness. I always love this kind of whisky and this is just pure pleasure.

Color: Gold Aroma：Pronounced；Palate：87/100; Aftertaste：Med-Long.

A lot of peat, and sea salt, and brine. The peat, smoke, and sea taste almost overshadows the rest of the taste notes, but not completely. Also vanilla, chocolate, and dried fruits (cherry, and raisins), pepper, and tobacco notes. Very short finish. Mouthfeel could be better. Still an amazing whisky. Either it is not as amazing as I remembered, or my palate changed.

There are enough notes for this malt, so I'll save them in this case. One of the few Ardbegs that I really like. A really great bottling for the price of around 65 euros. The question remains why all the overpriced committee releases are needed when there is such delicious stuff in the standard range....

2023.9.8 tasting note

Very pleasant smoky drink, distinct grape-sour tones. Although it is noticeably too young, it is still a pleasant whisky.

Nose: Smoky, sweet chocolate scent, berry scent masked by a light boudoir, hay scent Palate: Weak peat on first touch, quite straightforward sweetness, fruity aroma, faint spiciness that fades quickly, salty finish. Finish: The spiciness hits hard, leaving behind the sweetness and fruitiness of bread. The smokiness is subtle in the aftertaste, and the saltiness lingers. Rather than harmoniously combining Pete and Sherry's arguments, it feels like "Me, Pete!!! Me, Sherry!!!!!" with strong self-assertion. But I think it is a whisky that represents each other well because they are good at striking and retreating rather than interfering with one another.

loved the comparison of first two batches of Uigeadail and new from 2018 and 2019 , they seem like improved the blend

peat and sherry awesome bottle. finished one and have another one on stand by

Uigeadail is the name of the Loch located above the distillery which constitutes its source. Voted best Single Malt in the world in 2009. It is a subtle blend of 10 and 13 year old barrels and 1970 barrels. Pronounced: Ooog-e-dal

Ardbeg meets sherry, a combination as you would expect. Everything fits with the Uigeadail, the smoke, the sweet sherry aromas and the strength of the whisky. Only the strong batch fluctuations can be a bit annoying from time to time.

very good, interesting taste

It is by no means the most balanced or complex dram but this is not what this dram is for. What it does deliver is intense peat with lashings of sherry influence, all at a high strength. Value (£50) : 9/10

First nose is a salty breeze, even a nasal solution. After a few minutes it develops some unexepected green aspects, pine or juniper notes, and a light honeyed undertone. Impression in mouth is bitter, on the greener side of the nose. Rotten wood almost. Medicinal smoke and spices. Finishes quite fast, on the same notes. The sherry have gone missing, and I'm pretty sure something went wrong with some casks. I'll need to revisit the bottle when it gets some more air. 3/10 so far.

A very strong malt, smoke fruit spice in abundance

A really great Ardbeg. Sherry aromas are there, but they don't overpower the distillery character. This is how all committee releases should actually be.

Expectations met. Really nice dram, with a unique combination of notes. It needs water, then it shines like advertised.

Ah Oogie. My first "favorite" whisky. It's still great. I've had enough bottles at this point to notice the narrative of "older releases were better." Couple that with how the price has gone up, it's not the permashelf buy it used to be. Always on shelves, always glad to see it.

To me, still an absolute banger and the benchmark which I measure all other Ardbegs against. Definitely worth the extra price over the Ardbeg 10 and has surpassed Corryvreckan the last few years imo. I very much tend to prefer my peaters in ex-bourbon, but the Uggie has proven to be an exception to this rule for me.

Welel balanced, smoke, peat, spices, sweetness, all mixed in a superb way. The high ABV helps to take a full experience of that dram that let the peat raise and valorize others flawors..... A perfect dram to close an autumn diner.

The everlasting battle between corry and uige fans. However, incomparsible for me. Trying four of cour range in one degustation, this was way better than an oa, however, still a little less what you expect from 'the king of peat'. Can not compare with corry by any means except the abv. As a person who dislikes bourbon and prefers sherry in 95/100 cases, this one doesn't seem like mine. Not bad by any means, however, incomparsible and not even close to corry for me. I would say ledaig 18 would be slightly better, even though ardbeg is my favourite distilery. Rating is mostly based among other ardbegs, and not all whiskys, because ardbeg is incomparsible at some point due to it's being the best peated whisky in the world.

neck pour: paint thinner taste: kippery; smoked herring finish: bacon

bellissimo colore ambrato. al naso torba e fumo con leggero sentore di frutta secca.in bocca ricco e corposo,  fumo e torba e molto salato. finish di gran livello fumoso e salato

Is it because they blended less sherry casks? It's a shame to call it Ardbeg's sherry.

While Ardbeg TEN is, for me, a prime example of peated whisky, truly legendary, boasting an exceptionally high price-to-quality ratio, I can't help but appreciate this beauty, which, frankly, better suits my preferences. I'm simply enchanted by the balance between the rough peat and the sweetness of sherry. This whisky is like the warmth of a chimney on a capricious, breezy autumn afternoon. Earl Grey with a slice of lemon, dark chocolate sprinkled with sea salt. Cherries in liqueur, smoked and dried meat in BBQ sauce. Marvelous!

for the new versions I really like Corry better this one is a bit too sweet for me

Not sure if I got a poor batch. But for my bottle, the whisky was rather inharmonic on the taste. The smoke and sherry were not well integrated. The whisky seemed almost "confused" in the sense that the sherry and smoke went in totally separate directions.

This is a must try. I wasn't like in awe of the taste like its like nothing ive ever tasted in my life. But its everything else what stands out to me, the smell is amazing, and the mouthfeel, it literally coats ur entire mouth its like ur eating something, the first dram is so thick, the aftertaste is so prominent i get so much smoked meat. and the peat is obviously amazing, the taste is great. but what i love about this whisky is that it has everything, eveyhting u can talk about regarding a whisky, this has a stance. Whether its, smell, moutfeel and texture, taste, aftertaste. Its just so good, and so interesting. TRY THIS