NV Ardbeg - Dark Cove Committee 2016 Release (55%)
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Score 91/100 · Whisky Advocate, Jun 2016
This is the bigger, spicier, and more complex of the pair (see below) . A prickly start leads to heavy peat smoke, pink and Szechuan peppercorns, vanilla, dark chocolate, angelica, then seaweed. The palate is oily, with a detonation of gunpowdery peat, licorice, smoked eel, and a feral edge that adds grunt. Layered and complex.
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Ardbeg
Ardbeg is one of the most recognisable peated whiskies today. The distillery was instrumental in kickstarting the Islay revival when it reopened in the late 1990s.
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