Ardbeg Heavy Vapours Limited Edition
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TASTING NOTES:
Full-blown flavour
Pale straw
Intense, pungent and aromatic with hints of sweetness – expect a distinctive farmyard scent drifting along with a crunchy aroma of creosote or tar. A splash of water disturbs the vapours and billows of dark chocolate cream laced with smoked artichoke emerge.
On the palate, darker flavours and notes arise. A burst of bittersweetness surges with flavours of ashy coal, cardamom, peppermint and ground coffee. Dark chocolate and eucalyptus then roll in, obscuring the fruit and floral notes usually found at the heart of Ardbeg whiskies, followed by wisps of aniseed and cinnamon.
Director of Whisky Creation, Ardbeg
HOW TO ENJOY:
Ardbeg Limited Edition Heavy Vapours
- How to serve - Enjoy neat, with a little water or with 2-3 large rocks of ice.
- Service temperature - Room temperature
- When to drink - Ready to drink
- Alcohol by volume - 46 % Vol.
- Storage advice - Store upright in a cool, dark, dry place.
- Health warning - Contains sulphites
- Closure - Cap with cork
BLEND AND ORIGIN:
Ardbeg Limited Edition Heavy Vapours
Unlike the distillation of its other whiskies – where the alcohol vapours rise up from the still to enter a purifier, capturing some of the heavier compounds and resulting in a fruitier, balanced spirit – this has been distilled without the purifier.
Distilling a whisky without a purifier is unprecedented for Ardbeg and after this intriguing process, the Heavy Vapours spirit is matured in ex-bourbon casks to further develop its intense, smoky flavour, and then bottled without an age statement.
As usual, this release is non-chill filtered to retain maximum flavour, body and depth.
Bottled to mark Ardbeg Day 2023, its unusual distillation process and resulting flavour has been brought to life in an accompanying graphic novel created by celebrated comic artist and illustrator, Dilraj Mann.