Ardbeg Smoketrails Manzanilla Limited Edition Single Malt Scotch Whisky 1l

First edition in new series

ARDventure awaits! Ardbeg Smoketrails is a highly collectible series of limited edition whiskies.

Only available from Duty Free and the Distillery Visitor Centre, each edition offers travellers a thrilling way to explore the influence of casks from around the world on the powerful smoky flavour of Ardbeg.

Each edition to be released in batches every year will be a marriage of Ardbeg matured in American oak casks and Ardbeg matured in secondary casks sourced from around the world.

The first in the series Ardbeg Smoketrails Manzanilla Edition marries whisky aged in the finest Manzanilla sherry casks and classic Ardbeg American oak casks. The result is a taste adventure that takes in dark chocolate, salty sea spray, Brazil nuts and saddle soap.

Tasting Notes:

Colour: Pale Gold

Nose: Deep, pungent flavours take to the air, a curious combination of tar, saddle soap, pine resin and Brazil nuts. A very aromatic whisky, with lovely herbal notes and a hint of moist peat bog, while storm-churned sea spray soars overhead. With water, some chocolatey notes appear, along with a touch of engine oil.

Taste: A slightly drying mouthfeel, followed by deep, pungent flavours that hurtle across the palate: tar, soot, dark chocolate and a very distinctive nuttiness, like Brazil nuts or hazelnut.

Finish: Plumes of fennel and pine billow up, leaving a long, lingering trail of carbolic soap, aniseed and leather.