Bottle Profile | |
Type | Scotch Single Malts (Disclosed Distilleries) |
Distillery | Ardbeg |
Bottler | Official Bottling |
Brand Name | Ardbeg |
Bottling Name | Supernova |
Alcohol By Volume | 60.1% |
Other Details | SN2010 |
Issued | 2010 |
Average Score | 87 |
Maniac Ratings | |
Serge Valentin | 90 |
Johannes van den Heuvel | 82 |
Robert Karlsson | 90 |
Konstantin Grigoriadis | 85 |
Ho-cheng Yao | 88 |
Krishna Nukala | 85 |
Luca Chichizola | 85 |
Pit Krause | 87 |
Thomas Lipka | 88 |
Rich Howard | 91 |
Tim Puett | 88 |
David Wankel | 87 |
Retired Maniac Ratings | |
Keith Wood | 90 |
WhiskyFun Review | |
http://www.whiskyfun.com/archivemay10-2.html#170510 |
Tasting Notes | |
Robert Karlsson | Distinct peat. Quite a bit of pepperyness. Vanilla is here also, with a blackcurrant tint. Very big taste. Loads and loads of peat. Leathery, ultra-spicy. The vanilla is so knocked out by the peat so it dies completely. This is one mean beast and it's quite lovely indeed. |
Rich Howard | immediately on dry wood smoke, smoldering peat, astringent and antiseptic, multigrain bread and oat bran muffin, definitely some roast beef here, seared vanilla bean, deeper notes of barely sweetened blackcurrant. nose lightly; this one will sear the nostrils! the palate is initially much sweeter than expected, just a ton of sweet cream, blackberries and completely charred marshmallow, which quickly gives way to charred wood, and some well-grilled orange wedges, followed by smoked ham. all this, and five minutes, and i just realized i haven't even tried water yet. wow, now we have baked vanilla custard with toasted graham cracker crust, even some creme caramel, topped with very dark berries. the palate is now both sweeter and smokier, although i would not have guessed that possible. this is killing me... [tasted blind for the 2010 Awards] |