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• Homer Holland Likes this wine:

  July 5, 2019 - See also:
  https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=174156
  10/10/2016 - SOTERIOLOGIST favorite WROTE: 89 Points
  Tried it again from a particularly good bottle of a friend. Lemon/bergamotte, vanilla and peat, but a tad too sweet, clearly ex-bourbon dominated. In direct comparison actually preferred the Bowmore 12 due to its greater, sherry influenced depth.
  12/22/2014 - SOTERIOLOGIST favorite WROTE: 89 Points
  On 12/20/2014 I am directly comparing this to the
  Laphroaig 10
  tasting in turns as I write this.
  Glass: not amber but golden (this is a + !), perhaps like a Chardonnay, as befits a 10 y.o. non-colored Whisky which I think it is.
  Nose: Light and clear, citrusy and with vanilla, but somewhat shy. The Laphroaig 10 is a bit oakier, drier and has more character, fullness and weight on the nose. But here with the Ardbeg you might almost think you are smelling a grappa.
  Palate: noticeable distillery-bite on the tip of the tongue initially, but then the citrus, iodine, and in the length considerable saltiness. The very ash-like peat accompanies the whole trajectory until it finally gives way to the mostly lemony sweetness.
  Yes quality, but between the two, it's the Laphroaig 10.
  +++++++++++
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