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| AN OA ISLAY SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY Unchillfiltered |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
ARDBEG |
| Bright medium yellow colour. Intense, very smoky, complex, baked plum-lemon puree nose with lots of peaty notes. Dry, medium to medium-full bodied, very smoky, complex, rounded, well structured, intense, plum-peat flavours with a lingering, high acid finish. The first addition to Ardbeg's ongoing range for a decade when introduced in 2017, This An Oa Islay Single Malt is a combination of spirits aged in Pedro-Ximenez sherry casks and bourbon barrels. This REPEAT has 46.6% alcohol with lot number 18/01/2018. Last appeared in Vintages (***) with 93-points on January 6, 2018 at $127.95 and was Recommended. |
CSPC |
539643 |
| Type |
Spirit - Scotch Whisky |
| Agent |
Cha Hob |
| Country |
Scotland |
| Region |
 |
| Rating |
***/***+(94 points)
Complex, Intense, Smoky |
| LCBO Note |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments! |
| TASTING NOTE: Nose: Ardbeg at its driest and most sooty: a real acidic bite to the huge phenol...; Taste: sublimely textured with an immediate roll call of sugars, which had been absent on the nose. Being called \"Oa\", a dramatic part of Islay with the sheerest of cliffs falling vertically into the sea, you might expect a bit of a cliff hanger here. But instead the transformation from the delicate, molassed sugars into a softer vanilla is carried out on in the least demanding way and even the smoke makes no attempt to recreate the fog I have been caught in there myself. It is effortless and easy, like gear changes on an automatic car. It is also beautifully delicious...; Finish: more softly texture caramel, but with punchier spices; Balance: I'd never say \"whoa\" if someone poured me an Oa... Score - 95.5 (Jim Murray, Whisky Bible, 2018) |
Price |
$ 127.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - September 1, 2018 |
| Cases bought |
100 (6 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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