Ardbeg Ten Years Old

Ardbeg Ten Years Old is revered around the world as one of the peatiest, smokiest, most complex single malts of them all. Yet it does not flaunt the peat. Rather, it gives way to the natural sweetness of the malt to produce a whisky of perfect balance.
TASTING NOTES:
NOSE – Peat infused with lemon and lime, dark chocolate, menthol and pepper, tarry ropes, graphite. Smoked fish and crispy bacon.
TASTE – A peaty, briny punch with tangy lemon and lime, pepper and cinnamon-spiced toffee. Bananas, currants, espresso and tarry smoke.
FINISH – Long and smoky with tarry espresso, aniseed, toasted almonds and traces of soft barley and fresh pear.
CASK STORY: Matured in ex-Bourbon American Oak casks Strength: 46% ABV (non chill-filtered).
FIRST RELEASED: 2000.