Description

• Alcohol %: 54.2%
• Decant Time: 10 minutes
• Taste: peaty smoke, sherry sweetness, raisin/treacle, espresso/mocha, sea salt, leather, winter spice, dark chocolate, orange rind, oak
• Food Matching: Smoked and grilled red meat (BBQ, smoked ribs), Dark chocolate (70%+), Salted oysters or other briny shellfish, Strong blue cheese (Stilton, Roquefort), Charcuterie and rich pâtés, Espresso or dark roast coffee desserts
• Grape Variety: None ,

Tasting note

品飲筆記：杯中呈深金琥珀色，雅柏 Uigeadail 第一口就是濃郁泥煤煙燻，緊接著是雪莉桶帶出的黑糖、葡萄乾與太妃糖香。鼻中還有冬季香料、柏木與海風的鹹味，放一會兒或加幾滴水，香氣會更開放。口感厚重、油潤，煙燻與烘焙咖啡、巧克力、蜜漬橙皮和蜂蜜香互相交織，中段有飽滿的焦糖與堅果感，收尾是悠長的煙燒焦糖與香料餘韻。 酒廠與產地：來自蘇格蘭艾雷島的 Ardbeg，是以泥煤與海味著稱的傳統酒廠。Uigeadail 採用不同桶型混合熟成，特別是舊雪莉桶的加入，讓煙燻之外多了甘美果乾與堅果的豐富層次。艾雷島崎嶇的海岸、泥炭沼澤和海風是這款酒風味的根源。 釀造與陳放：此款為無年份混桶作品，以強烈的泥煤乾燥麥芽、傳統蒸餾手法與雪莉桶／波本桶的結合塑造風味。酒精度高、風味集中，建議倒入玻璃杯先靜置約十分鐘或加幾滴水，酒體會更圓潤，香氣更層次分明。 品飲建議：適合搭配鹹味海鮮、煙燻肉類或苦甜巧克力，亦可當作餐後慢慢品味的完美選擇。

Tasting note: Deep amber-gold in the glass, Ardbeg Uigeadail opens with a rush of coastal peat smoke tempered by rich sherry-cask sweetness — chocolate-coated raisins, treacle toffee and warm Christmas cake spices. The nose also offers cedar, pine needles, leather and a saline ocean breeze. On the palate it is full-bodied and mouth-coating: concentrated smoke and tar sit alongside honey-glazed savoury notes, espresso roast, candied orange and a chewy, syrupy mid-palate. A burst of winter spice and dark chocolate completes a long, smoky caramel finish. Producer notes: Pronounced “Oog-a-dal”, Uigeadail is Ardbeg’s signature vatting that marries spirit matured in ex-sherry casks with bourbon-seasoned casks and is bottled at robust strength. Voted a favourite by the Ardbeg Committee, it celebrates the distillery’s house style — intense peat balanced by luscious, raisiny cask influence. Distillation & maturation notes: Distilled on Islay to accentuate phenolic peat character, this bottling is a non-age-statement marriage of casks with a heavy contribution from old sherry wood. The combination delivers concentrated dried fruit sweetness and dried nut notes alongside pronounced maritime smoke and toasted oak. Bottled at cask strength, it responds well to a few drops of water or a short rest in glass to soften alcohol edges and open aromatics. Terroir & site: Made on the rugged southern coast of Islay, Ardbeg captures the island’s peat bogs, salty sea air and wind-swept heather. The distillery’s location and traditional malting/distillation regime are central to the whisky’s smoky, maritime personality.

Winery

Ardbeg 酒廠位於艾雷島南岸，以濃烈泥煤風格揚名。酒廠保留傳統麥芽烘乾與小批蒸餾程序，追求帶有海鹽氣息與深沉煙燻的個性。Uigeadail 是他們的招牌作品之一，把舊雪莉桶與波本桶的靈魂混合，並以高酒精度裝瓶，保留最多風味。 （輕鬆說）想像泥炭沼澤、海風吹過和舊木桶的香氣一起擠進杯中，這就是 Uigeadail 的魅力。

Ardbeg Distillery, perched on the southern coast of Islay, is famed for producing some of the peatiest single malts in Scotland. With a long heritage of traditional maltings and small-scale distillation, Ardbeg’s house style emphasises intense phenolic smoke tempered by careful cask work. Uigeadail is a flagship vatting that blends spirit matured in old sherry casks and bourbon-seasoned casks, bottled at cask strength to capture maximal flavour.