7,000+ Whiskey Database
Nose
Peat, caramel, vanilla, fruit and honey come through nicely with a bit of melon, lightly malted sweetness and overcooked sugar cookies.
Taste
Peat and dried fruit dominate with solid notes of honey, spice, vanilla and caramel coming in behind and some light mint on the tail.
Finish
Medium and peaty with notes of fruit, smoked meat, malt and mint.
Nose
Malt, vanilla, minerality, smoke, graham, herbal, honey, saline and coastal notes.
Taste
Malt, vanilla, minerality, smoke, orchard fruit, vanilla taffy, honey and saline.
Finish
Long -> Smoke, malt, minerality and fruit.
Price
$685
Nose
Lime zest & black pepper, creamy peat, and creamy vanilla ice cream by the sea. Some ash, soil & tar, and a little spirit-y bite
Taste
Big peat, lovely creamy peat, dry, hot ash, a touch of chilli chocolate, more lime and black pepper too, and a slight hint of pineapple.
Finish
Long! Starts with the dry, hot ash and black pepper, then that gorgeous creamy peat comes to the fore.
Price
$747
Liquor
Ardbeg Supernova 2010
ABV
60.1%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Smoky wet wool nose, subtle aroma of sage, milk, chocolate, chestnut and seaweed
Taste
Tar smoke, moorish palate, spicy, chilly, woody heat is wonderfully subdued and tamed by oily, salty chocolatees notes
Finish
Long finish
Nose
Sea spray, sour cream, grass and mint. Straw follows along with coal smoke.
Taste
Orange peel leads, with damp earth, peat smoke, liquorice, cherries and bitter dark chocolate.
Finish
Orange peel leads, with damp earth, peat smoke, liquorice, cherries and bitter dark chocolate.
Price
$560
Liquor
Ardbeg Supernova 2014 Committee Release
Type
ABV
55%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sea spray, sour cream, grass and mint. Straw follows along with coal smoke.
Taste
Orange peel leads, with damp earth, peat smoke, liquorice, cherries and bitter dark chocolate.
Finish
Orange peel leads, with damp earth, peat smoke, liquorice, cherries and bitter dark chocolate.
Price
$999
Nose
Chilli, soot, vanilla, green banana and linseed, tinned nectarines, cocoa and vanilla.
Taste
Peaty toffee, crystallised ginger, lime marmalade, star anise, iodine, sweet vanilla and espresso.
Finish
Candied peels and chilli.
Liquor
Ardbeg Supernova 2015 Committee Release
Type
ABV
54.3%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Chilli, soot, vanilla, green banana and linseed, tinned nectarines, cocoa and vanilla.
Taste
Peaty toffee, crystallised ginger, lime marmalade, star anise, iodine, sweet vanilla and espresso.
Finish
Candied peels and chilli.
Price
$575
Nose
Malt, vanilla, minerality, smoke, graham, herbal, honey, saline and coastal.
Taste
Malt, vanilla, minerality, smoke, orchard fruit, vanilla taffy, honey and saline.
Finish
Long,smoke, malt, minerality and fruit.
Price
$492
Liquor
Ardbeg Supernova Committee Release
Type
ABV
54.3%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Deep with smoked chilli, soot, vanilla, green banana and linseed, tinned nectarines, cocoa and vanilla.
Taste
Super peaty toffee, crystallised ginger, lime marmalade, star anise, iodine, sweet vanilla and espresso.
Finish
Candied peels and chilli.
Price
$83
Nose
Rich and weighty with heady and smoky aromatics, mix of warm Christmas cake, walnut oil and parma violets fused with fresh ocean spice, cedar and pine needles falling from the Christmas tree
Taste
Full flavoured and rich with a deep mouth-coating texture, the taste is an intriguing balance between sweet, spicy and deep smoky flavours.
Finish
Amazingly long and chewy with lingering raisiny, deep mocha tones and rich aromatic smoke into the perfectly integrated finish.
Price
$2347
Nose
Vanilla, moist forest floor, but also light, fresh fruits, pineapple subtly and kiwi dried, tick ash, walnut, leather, a little Earl Gray, mandarin, tarragon
Taste
Tarragon noticeable, tangerine, green and red apple, pineapple, kiwi, green tea, earl gray, fine leather, liquorice, rose petals, sweet smoke, moss, a little herbal honey, salt, walnut
Finish
Resin, tarragon, tick mint, sweet smoke, tick wood, unfortunately rather medium-long & average