Description
The Unicorn’s Tale is the second edition in Ardbeg’s Anthology series, honouring Scotland’s national animal. Aged for 14 years in a combination of bourbon and madeira casks, the limited-edition Islay dram was bottled at 46% abv.
The nose opens with aromas of baked banana bread and syrupy sponge pudding, alongside a whiff of burning cedarwood and eucalyptus oil. Zesty notes of lime and sweet peaches canter across the palate, before a burst of rich smoked fruit and baked bread prance into antiseptic lozenges, creosote, and aniseed. Soft barley malt combines with nutmeg and peat smoke, leading to a finish full of smoke, and a long and lingering aftertaste of menthol, clove, wood smoke and camphor.
