Ardbeg Distillery An Oa 700ml

If you weren't raised with Scots rolling off your tongue don't even try to pronounce Ardbeg Distillery An Oa's name. It'll only sound like you're having a stroke. That is where the negatives end with this whiskey though. Created by marrying spirits aged in spicy virgin charred oak, sweet Pedro Ximenez and second fill ex-bourbon casks among others, it delivers that classic Ardbeg peat zing but with a well-rounded sweetness carrying notes of dark chocolate, butterscotch, cloves, black pepper aniseed and orange peel. Creamy in texture, it has a long finish with wood and nut being dominant at first but giving way to floral overtones and a mint toffee freshness.