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Ardbeg Corryvreckan

Corrywreckan,A10, GlenlivetNadurra

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@ErlendReview by @Erlend

4th Dec 2015

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Ardbeg Corryvreckan
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Today three of the best I ever tasted shal be tasted side by side. The Corryvreckan, the Ardbeg 10, and the Glenlivet Nadurra. I added a lot highland wellwater to the strong ones, and a little water to the Ardbeg 10. First nose at the Corryvreckan is a bit yeasty, The 10 a bit etanolish,The Nadurra fresh oak, and maybe some tiny menthol. More vanilla.Now more peat comes from the Corry, and also from the 10. The Ardbegs smells a lot better after a couple minutes in the glass. The Ten is more marshy than the corry, which has more oak than the 10. THe bad yeasty and etanolish starts from the ardbegs has dissapeared. Perfect scent now. The Nadurra on the tounge. Very round and soft. The 10 is thinner on the tounge, the Corry is soft too, with some oaktaste, some vanilla,some marshy scent. I might have missed on the 10, and added to much water. It was the last drops from thebottle, so it cannot be fixed. The Ardbeg 10 wins the noserace. I like that marshy peaty nose very good. I think the corry is the richest with most complexity. The difference between the 10 and the corry was a lot bigger than I pre-guessed. All three are very fine whiskys. The cost at vinmonopolet is 850 Nok for the Corry, 570 for the 10 anf 609 for the Nadurra. The ten is diluted, so it is less taste for the money, making its value in the middle of these three. The nadurra is definitively the best buy. I think they all are very good, and that I later will buy them all again. It is nice that they are different. The fresh oakvanilla Nadurra is very different from the marshy peat Ardbeg 10. The Corry is a bit more complex and mainstream than the ten, taking a small step in the Lagavullin 16 direction. Three fantastic drams that are among my absolute favourites.

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6 comments

@Alexsweden
Alexsweden commented

Which one of the nadurras is it, 16 year old or NAS?

8 years ago 0

@Erlend
Erlend commented

It is a NAS, it is a a fresh american oak whisky.59.8 strenght. No sherry at all, only fresh American oak casks.

8 years ago 0

@Erlend
Erlend commented

What I like most when comparing those three is that they all are very good, and also different. I think they can represent very different types of whisky. To choose between the Ardbeg 10 anf the Nadurra. Well, sometimes you want fish and sometimes meat, and everytime you want fine quality. It is different , and you like that its different.

8 years ago 0

@Erlend
Erlend commented

About the expectations. I Expected the Corryvreckan to be a cask strenght Ardbeg 10, but it is not. It is different. The Corryvreckan slides in the direction of Lagavullin 16. I would really like to get a clean peat marshwhisky like Ardbeg 10 in cask strenght. Corryvreckan is more oaky and complex. It is much darker, and I suspect some cherrycasks, but an not tell it for sure. It is different. It is good that its different.I like to enjoy different drams. The Corryvreckan is more compact, has more body. The Corryvreckan is more expensive than the other two, but it is so rich that it defends its pricetag. I want to invite some friends for whiskytasting, and like to give them different qualitywhisky.My only problem now is that the Ardbeg 10 bottle is empty.

8 years ago 0

@Erlend
Erlend commented

The Corryvreckan has text on the glass of the bottle "L60123 11 11/2014 14011851 0930"

8 years ago 0

@Erlend
Erlend commented

The Ardbegs have something special that works fantastic for me. The smell of the msrsh. As a child I spent the summers in a the woods and marshes 870 meters above see level. The Ardbegs scent makes me travel back to these marshes, and I like it.

8 years ago 0

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