Following on from the Very Young and Still Young comes this bottle, Ardbeg Almost there!
This is the third bottling in the distilleries journey to a 10 year old distillery bottling under their new ownership.
As you would expect from an Ardbeg whisky, this is a mellower, more rounded and more balanced dram than the younger bottlings.
Distilled in 1998 and bottled in 2007 this Ardbeg is a very collectable bottling.
Nose: Hints of smoke with raisiny fudge and burning field stubble, rounded off with smoked almonds.
Palate: The smokiness is very dense. With time green apple and lime.
Finish: Fading smoke and some pepper, but not as intense and lasting as I'd expected.