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Отзывы на Ardbeg Corryvreckan (Committee Reserve) в основном высокие (многие 90–93), часто отмечают дымный, торфяной, маслянистый профиль с цитрусом, специями и морскими нотами; несколько отзывов прямо сравнивают эту версию с более поздними/обычными розливами в пользу этой.
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В текстах повторяются торф, дым, маслянистость, цитрус (лимон/лайм), перец, соль/морские ноты, а также шерри-оттенки (сухофрукты, ирис, кожа). Например, один из отзывов описывает «burnt thyme, BBQ overcooked», «lemon and ginger», «dark and fat peat & sherry»; ещё один отзыв — «oily peat», «Dark cocoa powder», «lemon and lime zest», «ashes, pepper»; другой отзыв — «sherry notes», «dried fruits, juicy sultanas, figs», «toffee», «thick peat smoke», «camphor and band-aids», «brine»; один из отзывов — «Chocolate, toffee, old leather with burnt wood and asphalt», «tar», «soy sauce and umami fish sauce». Часть отзывов подчёркивает баланс и сложность (ещё один отзыв: «well made structure, balanced with deep complex»; другой отзыв: «a little bit of everything which makes it very well balanced»; один из отзывов: «complete, complex, and balanced»), а ещё один отзыв отмечает, что вкус — «the highlight», и что виски «goes perfectly water despite its 57.1%». Несколько отзывов прямо противопоставляют этот розлив более поздним/обычным: другой отзыв — «This Corryvreckan and modern it's like Heaven and Earth!»; один из отзывов — «Qualitatively different from modern curry for the better»; ещё один отзыв — «he puts a shovel on it compared to the current Corry!»; другой отзыв — «Imagine the corry of 2015-2017 but buffed in all possible ways». При этом есть и более сдержанные/критические ноты: (оценка 79) — «strongly peaty, grain, somewhat bitter (orange)», «heavy and buttery»; один из отзывов — «WITH WATER Both nose and palate are much less expressive it is better neat»; ещё один отзыв — «The best Ardbeg I have tasted but I need to point out, I usually think Ardbeg is rubbish». Также встречаются замечания о крепости/молодости: другой отзыв — «the alcohol is a bit strong maybe due to the youth»; один из отзывов — «Relatively young, but doesn't ruin anything here». Финиши в отзывах часто описывают как длинные, с торфом, перцем, дымом, солью и иногда цитрусом (ещё один отзыв: «Long, even more peat, and pepper»; другой отзыв: «Long finish, on oily and lemony peat, ashes, pepper»; один из отзывов: «Long and fantastic»).
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Dark side of the "peat & sherry"
нос · вкус · финиш
| Нос | 92 | Roasted cocoa bean, re-chared cask, hot leather, burnt apricot tart, yellow cooked fruits, burnt hospital (with nobody inside, just the medicine), superb alcohol integration. Super fat and large legs on the glass, wow ! |
| Вкус | 91 | Sticky, fat, oily, burnt thyme, BBQ overcooked, the alcohol is a bit strong maybe due to the youth, but it impressive. A lot of lemon and ginger in a bath of dark and fat peat & sherry. |
| Финиш | 91 | A lot of ginger, dark and deep sherry, full blood orange juice reduced, also a lot of lemon and peat in dark side. Tasting this Corry for the first time after tasting many recent one, it's different story here, impressive. |
нос 93 · вкус 91 · финиш 92
http://www.weinkenner.de/2014/ardbeg-corryvreckan-committee-release-vs-standard-34031/ Color: gold Nose: Salty-maritime, seaweed, citric acid, coal, ash, iodine and malty peat. Here, too, caramel, butter and kräutrige fish soup with Chinagras. Taste: Explosive and full of flavor! Slightly crisp, spicy lemon, chili peppers, lots of spice, which is very salty. Caramel sweets, tar, peat, smoke, wet charcoal and stale wood. Finish: Long - with lots of smoke and peat, coal, pepper, humus and wet soil - all but not dry! Lime juice, ginger and avocados. After decaying tartness remains rather a fruity side. 89 points (nose: 88 / taste: 89 / finish: 89)
нос 91 · вкус 95 · финиш 91
нос 89 · вкус 91 · финиш 91
Top young islay
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| Нос | 91 | Peat, seashore, quagmire |
| Вкус | 93 | More peat, lemon, and olives |
| Финиш | 92 | Long, even more peat, and pepper |
Much different with the normal batch. I think this is what "corryvreckan" should be, well made structure, balanced with deep complex, but you feel comfitable with every changing in the mouth. Great one.But also pricy.
нос 90 · вкус 93 · финиш 90
нос 90 · вкус 91 · финиш 90
нос 91 · вкус 93 · финиш 92
нос 89 · вкус 88 · финиш 88
This Ardbeg does not have any extreme notes - it's a little bit of everything which makes it very well balanced and very good.
Amazing and complex this now 'old 2008' bottling.
A bright spot of an Ardbeg OB at a time when they were clearly beginning to descend in quality. This by itself makes no attempt to replicate the old style of Ardbeg, this is its own thing and much more peppery than most previous Ardbegs except for Ardbeg Day. Fun to drink, the first general release Corryvreckan for the US market was in the same vein as this stylistically but marginally better.
нос 90 · вкус 91 · финиш 90
A very beautiful Ardbeg. The nose of the SMOS 7yo at first seemed superior, but the aeration really played in favor of the Corrywreckan. The blend was perfectly made, combining the passion of youth with the complexity of old Islays malts. The mouth is really the highlight of this whisky that goes perfectly water despite its 57.1%.
The best Ardbeg I have tasted but I need to point out, I usually think Ardbeg is rubbish.
нос 88 · вкус 89 · финиш 88
Serge V says: Ardbeg 'Corryvreckan' (57.1%, OB Committee 2008, 5000 bottles) It was about time we published our own notes for this baby! In case you don’t know, the Corrywreckan is a huge whirlpool that one can sometimes hear when on Islay. We heard it once, in any case. Colour: full gold. Nose: yes! We don’t want to sound like f*****g purists but Ardbeg is better at making Ardbeg. There’s as much smoke, iodine, tar, wet wool, wet clay, oysters and fresh walnuts as possible in whisky. With water: even wilder, with unexpected notes of green olives. And we love green olives… Mouth (neat): even better than on the nose. Very thick, very creamy, peaty, lemony, kumquatty (wot?), bergamotty (hey?) and rather salty. Prototypically Ardbeg, kind of a bigger Airigh Nam Beist. With water: just sumptuous. Probably one of the best young Ardbegs we ever tried (we take it for granted that it’s not an old Ardbeg.) Finish: as long as a Fidel speech. Amazing peat/pepper combo. Comments: a winner despite its slight roughness. SGP:369 – 92 points.
I didn't really know what to expect from this Ardbeg, and it's frankly successful. The balance is quite exemplary, with oily peat, but also a whole panoply of fruity, honeyed and spicy aromas.
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| Нос | 91 | Gingerbread, orange peel, thyme/lemon infusion, Kâmpôt pepper, freshly waxed leather, light physiological serum, oily peat, all wrapped in acacia honey. It is complete, complex, and balanced. With aeration we have a little cocoa powder and cider vinegar. |
| Вкус | 90 | Very balanced. Dark cocoa powder, fatty peat, ash, thyme, pepper, lemon and lime zest. It's fat, full. |
| Финиш | 92 | Long finish, on oily and lemony peat, ashes, pepper. It is defined, complex, a delight. In retro-olfaction there remains saline and a large ashy peat. |
нос 91 · вкус 90 · финиш 92
нос 88 · вкус 88 · финиш 87
WITH WATER Both nose and palate are much less expressive it is better neat. I am not a lover of Ardbeg but this is good stuff and I think the sweetness works well.
Corryvreckan is still part of the Core Ardbeg range which also includes Uigedail & Ardbeg 10year. While most lean towards 'ugie' as their fave, this is mine. The Committee Reserve bottling at cask strength is also a superior quality whisky with more depth and dimensions than the filtered core range bottling. It was introduced in 2008 and was a replacement for the excellent 'Airigh Nam Beist'. The Beist bottlings were from 1990 & were from casks matured between 16-18years. Corryvreckan however its believed to be from 12 year Burgundy casks and virgin American oak casks perhaps 3-6years old. Normally this kind of cask maturation with scotch turns out poor to average but for whatever reason with Ardbeg it just works very well. The red wine casks are harmonious with the Ardbeg peated malt. In the late 90s and early Naughties a lot of scotch distilleries were experimenting with wine cask maturation, however it is far less fashionable now with quality Ex Bourbon & Sherry first fill casks still being the premium choice for maturation. Having said that, #Springbank released a 12 year burgundy cask earlier this year which was excellent!. Nose: old motorcycle smoke. Soft new leather. Coal tar. Oysters and walnuts. Palate: Early grey tea. Buckshot. Black Cherry, raspberry, 80% Noir cacao, bacon, Aged Demerara rum, olives, cinnamon & star anise.
нос 87 · вкус 88 · финиш 90
Ardbeg Corryverckancommittee reserve- classic Ardbeg, very corryverckan and really deeper than normal version- nice peaty , smoky, oily, sweet orange, leather, floral perfume , malty, berry and iodine
нос 91 · вкус 90 · финиш 90
This Corryvreckan and modern it's like Heaven and Earth! It's not just whisky, it's really delicious, maybe the aging time in the bottle added something, but I think they made whisky differently at Ardbeg back then! 22 23 22+ 22+ 90
Yes. This is Ardbeg. I'm not too fond of recent Ardbeg day bottlings (didn't try Kelpie yet) but this is what I liked in Ardbeg when I discovered it not so long ago. This Corry Committee is pure Ardbeg. Not old style Ardbeg, not the most complex one but tasty and simply excellent. Tasting notes from july 2017.
нос 87 · вкус 86 · финиш 86
What is the difference to the normal Corryvreckan? In its width: Thick mouthfeel of peat, caramel and herb. Completely.
нос 90 · вкус 92 · финиш 91
нос 91 · вкус 91 · финиш 90
Maritime creamy citrusy peat, excellent
One of the best surprises I've had in a long time. The standard Corryvreckan isn't something special to me, but this one definitely is. Review: https://youtu.be/hVXYd4iEJn0
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| Нос | 92 | This is a really different Ardbeg nose. Definitely sherry notes here. Tons of dried fruits, juicy sultanas, figs, then toffee, and everything sitting on top of thick peat smoke, lots of camphor and band-aids, tarry notes, lemon oil, a bit of furniture polish, brine, cured ham, meatier flavours, a little bit of rosemary. Really not bad. Some butter, freshly baked rolls, raisin bread. Yum! |
| Вкус | 94 | Alcohol level is very good, light tingle and cracked black pepper, and it's juicy, there's good peat smoke of course, but there's also molasses, brown sugar, toffee, sweet lemonade, coffee with cream and sugar, loads of barley, malt sugar, burned sugar, brine, light hint of bacon. Really good! Second chew brings a whiff of sulphur which is immediately gone again, the peat smoke is fuller with more camphor and iodine, also sweet peppermint, candy canes, a little bit of smoked kipper. A perfect dram to warm you up at the fireplace on a cold night. Third chew is really juicy, there's even cherry jam, fig jam, burnt sugar, caramellized bananas, just a full, oily, juicy, briny package. It's powerful, juicy and fruity, wonderful peat smoke. Really well done. |
| Финиш | 93 | Peat smoke, refined white sugar sweetness lingers, coffee with cream, brine, light notes of bacon, smokey, salty, sweet. Long and fantastic. |
Boosted Classic Corryvreckan! It's different from the old Ardbeg but it does the job remarkably well. Peat, smoke, fruit, spice and slightly oily. Outstanding !
Color - dark amber to dark gold; Nose - strongly peaty, grain, somewhat bitter (orange), chocolate, phenolic-alcoholic, very strong; Taste - peaty to charcoal, heavy and buttery, slightly fruity, peppery; Finish - long, pleasant, warm, salty
нос 90 · вкус 93 · финиш 91
The limited Committee Reserve bottling of Ardbeg`s popular whirlpool inspired dram. A special edition produced for The Ardbeg Committee in 2008 before it was repackaged for sale to the general public.
нос 92 · вкус 93 · финиш 93
Sweeter than Corryvreckan, with much better balance. Real Ardbeg style.
Like the good old days of Ardbeg, bottled at cask strength. Maritime notes with lemon, with charcoal and ash on the finish. By far my absolute favorite of the annual bottlings of the last 20 years. This bottle is really something special, a drop you won't forget. Very, very tasty and incredibly complex.
нос 88 · вкус 90 · финиш 91
The best whisky in 2008, imho.
нос 89 · вкус 87 · финиш 86
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| Нос | 91 | Chocolate, toffee, old leather with burnt wood and asphalt. Herbs like turtle jelly and dangshen also popped up, together with ham, cloves and mandarin orange peels. After a while in the glass, wax gourds, celtuce, leaf mustard, baked courgettes that were covered with paraffin. The peat was warm and welcoming, the overall nosing harmonised after bottle oxidisation. |
| Вкус | 90 | Burnt wood right away, cinnamon, syrup and chamomile tea. These were followed by dirty hay, tar, pencil shavings, coffee candy, grape seeds and some dangshen. |
| Финиш | 92 | Dangshen, soy sauce and umami fish sauce, smoke from burnt wood, tar, dried fish and fermented bean curds. There were also goji berries, haw flakes and pickled bamboo shoots. When the flavours above faded, there was thin smoke lingering in the mouth. |
нос 89 · вкус 90 · финиш 91
Nice fruity nose, peat is quite strong, but not dominant. Fresh, earthy. There is a bit of oak bitterness in the taste, sourness, but still ripe fruit and earth/ash dominate. Qualitatively different from modern curry for the better
нос 91 · вкус 90 · финиш 90
What a blast from the past. I remember Corryvreckan made me fall in love with it the first time I tried it, but bottles from more recent times have not impressed me. This Committee version does, however. It starts off with some dry sherry oak that feels like the casks weren't just any old thing. Following that you'll get some bold peaty notes and a filling taste with chocolate, cherries, oven soot, and a bit of salt. The finish is delightful. I had no wish to go find a more contemporary Corry sample to compare this to... Thanks to member MacAlterWhisky for the sample!
I generally prefer Port Ellen among the Islay distilleries, but this bottling of Ardbeg strikes a balance between sea and sherry that is admirable, and its praises deserve recanting here. At full strength, both the iodine and brine are prominent on the nose at first, then gently enveloped in sherry shrouded smoke, with the heat of the alcohol eventually catching up and threatening to obliterate your nostrils, which entices one to take a sip of this liquid permutation of the senses. The palate is complex and well balanced, with various dried fruits and nut, predominately white figs, walnuts, macadamia and coconut, and some bitter chocolate, too. The finish is peppery and somewhat tongue numbing at full strength, which is a testimony to the intensity of flavors. With water, the sea becomes a bit calmer and some of the complexity is lost, but the distance becomes more discernible between the waves. In fact, the sherry wells up into a surge mid palate, crashing into a briny foam on the shore.
Wow, this is a top class Corryvreckan, you really gave it your all for the release. Here I can understand that everything was better in the past, he puts a shovel on it compared to the current Corry!
нос 90 · вкус 92 · финиш 90
If the price for this masterpiece would be 200eur, wouldn't drink any other whisky. Imagine the corry of 2015-2017 but buffed in all possible ways. Full of taste. Relatively balanced. Huge abv, huge peat, but that doesn't ruin or overflow the taste (unlike recent years corry, which is still one of my favourite
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| Нос | 90 | Beautiful wax/orange, a little leather. |
| Вкус | 92 | Peat, peat, peat. Fat. Relatively young, but doesn't ruin anything here. Peper and salt. A bit of lemon-ash. |
| Финиш | 93 | Corry always had of the most delightful finishes. And this corry is just supreme to all others. |
This edition is really very nice. I have not been a fan of Islays and honestly I don`t like the brine or tar in most. I do enjoy the smoke and oak and spice. Ardbeg I can see why it is popular because there is allot going on and I am starting to come around to at least be selective to what I have of the Ardbeg collection. This one is very nice and one for the collection.
нос 91 · вкус 91 · финиш 90
нос 91 · вкус 92 · финиш 90
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