複雑なアンオアを作るために、ペドロヒメネスシェリー、バージンチャードオーク、Exバーボンの3種類の樽で熟成させたウイスキーを、特注の収集用バットにブレンドします。
A welcome new addition to the Ultimate range. Ardbeg An Oa is singularly rounded, due in no small part to time spent in our newly established bespoke oak Gathering Vat where whiskies from several cask types - including; sweet Pedro Ximenez; spicy virgin charred oak; and intense ex-bourbon casks, amongst others - familiarise themselves with each other. The result is a dram with smoky power, mellowed by a delectable, smooth sweetness. Hallmark Ardbeg peat, dark chocolate and aniseed are wrapped in smooth, silky butterscotch, black pepper and clove, before rising to an intense crescendo of flavour.Non chill-filtered with a strength of 46.6% ABV.Available in limited Ardbeg Embassies and whisky specialists from September 2017 (2018 in some countries).There’s a new whisky in the Ardbeg core range. Note that this is an extension, not a replacement of one of the existing bottlings. The 10 Year Old is here to stay, we can assume, but it is significant that we have a new core range Ardbeg for the first time in a while ? almost a decade in fact.Ardbeg An Oa (pronounced “an oh”) contains whiskies of different cask types including PX sherry, virgin oak (presumably US oak) and ex-Bourbon casks, which are then vatted ? according to the marketing material ? in Ardbeg’s new “Gathering Room”. What even is a “Gathering Room”? (The Sponge suggests it could be a local dogging hotspot.) Anyway, the whisky is named after the Mull of Oa, which is situated at the end of the Oa peninsula ? the most southerly point of Islay. And being a new core range Ardbeg, it came with a new short film.Well, the new Ardbeg film was greeted with much disdain in the whisky community. It is a curious thing that a brand that was once applauded for some quirky clips has a media output now seen as old-fashioned ? perhaps this is more a case of the whisky community moving on, rather than Ardbeg’s creative agency remaining stale. This sort of thing was celebrated a decade ago; now it feels trite, and the real 2017 commentariat (bloggers, tweeters, Facebookers) criticised it heavily. Certainly there’s a cheap nod to the spirit of the re-launched Whisky Galore film, and perhaps they slipped the extras a few fivers in between takes, but I don’t think these things are really aimed at real whisky drinkers anyway. Just a bit of hijinks to create some noise; likely designed by committee.Let’s worry about the whisky instead. Ardbeg An Oa is bottled at 46.6% ABV and will cost you around _50.
アードベッグ アン オー BBQスモークパック 限定品 46.6% 700ml ARDBEG AN OA BBQ Smoker Pack
アードベッグ蒸留・製造責任者ビル・ラムズデン博士が“魔法をかけた”と語る、極めて特殊な場所としてのギャザリングルームでヴァッティングし、長い時間をかけて、個々の和を上回るほどの複雑さと繊細な甘みとスモーキーさを併せ持つシングルモルトへと変貌をとげる。特徴的なアードベックのピート、ダークチョコレート、アニスのテースティングが滑るようなシルキーさのバタースコッチ、ブラックペッパーやクローブで包み込まれてから、フレーバーのクレッシェンドを迎える。世界で最もピーティー（泥炭の香り）でスモーキーな風味の中に、繊細な甘さと複雑さを感じられる個性的な味わいから人々を魅了する究極のアイラモルト、アードベッグ。今回、約10年ぶりにアードベッグの定番商品に加わる『アン・オー』は、にちなんで名づけられた、まろやかさとスモーキーさが見事に溶け合うシングルモルトです。妥協なき品質と型にはまらない大胆な個性のアードベッグが、故郷に捧げる思いを込めた『アン・オー』。ひとたび開けると、思わず誰かと分かち合いたくなるはず。
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