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Ardbeg Galileo

Overall rating
87.15/100
votes
863
Category
Single Malt
Distillery
Bottler
Distillery Bottling
Vintage
1999
Bottled
06.2012
Stated Age
12 years old
Casktype
ex-Marsala and ex-Bourbon Casks
Number of bottles
15000
Strength
49.0 % Vol.
Size
50 ml 700 ml 750 ml 4500 ml
Bottle code
L12 16x
Barcode
5010494911817
Added on
15 Aug 2012 11:24 am
UncoloredNon-chillfiltered
Ardbeg Galileo
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Ardbeg Galileo
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Ardbeg Galileo
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Ardbeg Galileo
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Ardbeg Galileo
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Ardbeg Galileo
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Ardbeg Galileo
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Ardbeg Galileo
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Whisky Reviews for Ardbeg Galileo

96 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 87.15 points

  1. hs305 scored this whisky 89 points Connoisseur

    [October, 2012]  I had this dram during a Prof. Schobert "Islay" tasting at Bonn.

    In my old rating system (ten scales that translate into WB points: 50 - 66 - 75 - 80 - 82,5 - 85 - 87,5 - 90 - 92,5 - 95) I scored it 87,5.  My notes state I would have scored it 90 points without these slight unpleasant sulphurous notes.  Nevertheless I bought a bottle.

  2. schero scored this whisky 90 points Expert Senior

    That's exactly how I like Ardbeg. Delicious
    • Nose
      Restrained Ardbeg smoke, very ashy and sweet, accompanied by wine barrels, sweet grapes, milk chocolate, cotton candy, light roasted aromas, roasted almonds
    • Taste
      Short sweet grapes, then takes the subtle smoke, beautiful creamy with light peppery, very light oak
    • Finish
      Aromatic peat smoke with oak flavor and the sweetness sticking to the palate

  3. ASWhisky scored this whisky 89 points Connoisseur

    This Ardbeg is not for nothing my soul-teaser whisky
    dangerously pleasant and delicious to drink
    my beloved tension is limited
    just a soulmaker for smoke lovers

    I touched the sky
    • Nose
      mild sherry, fine peat smoke, citrus aromas, caramel, sweaty leather, smoked bacon rind
    • Taste
      soft, cool sweetness that warms the palate, liquid chocolate with bacon
      Malty sweet peat that smokes in the throat, roasted coffee beans in chocolate, peat smoke and again malt sweetness
    • Finish
      long and pleasant
      Wood, a slight tobacco note, a lot of malty sweetness, salt, smoked bacon, brine

  4. mothers_finest scored this whisky 89 points Expert Senior

    With 860 Member Ratings, I probably do not need to contribute my mustard in full. But in short, for me one of the best Ardbeg special releases. Find it even better than the acclaimed SN09 SN10, and the alligator anyway, which seemed far too immature (spicy). I still drink Galileo regularly. I like how harmonious the malt is. Has no subjective false notes and the interaction sweet and greasy smoke fits and I like it!

    (So why "only" 89 points?) I think that's (albeit a bit unfair) due to the smoky character, and I find it hard to hear a similar complexity in smoky whiskys as in non-smoky ones, so forgive the smoke a bit far the youth of a malth, but holds one (or me) tastes behind the facade.)

  5. Ainulindale scored this whisky 88 points Member Senior

    A good dram, very Ardbeg.
    • Nose
      86 86
      Very fresh and salty nose. Kind of sweet and fruity too. Fleshy fruits, peach notably.
    • Taste
      90 90
      Peat comes strong in the mouth in the very ardbeg way . After that an intense fruity, peachy and milk chocolatey thing comes through slowly drifting first to cinnamon and ginger then to rosebuds.
    • Finish
      87 87
      The finish is very mild yet leaves a pleasant taste or smoke and roses.

  6. WhiskyLovingPianist scored this whisky 84 points Connoisseur

    https://whiskylovingpianist.wordpress.com/2019/05/15/feis-ile-2018-ardbeg-day/

    C: Fruity & winey. Good nose and arrival (87/88), with an unexpected short iffy finish. 84 overall.
    Previous conclusion [b4 I knew anything - scored a B] Ardbeg Ten meets like Talisker 57° - very active and sparky. Nothing wrong here, but nothing incredible. Should be an everyday drinker but due to its 'collection' status and subsequent price tag, this wont be in my cabinet.

  7. schengel10 scored this whisky 91 points Connoisseur

    ... and again a Ardbeg with age! This 12-year-old was allowed to mature in Marsala barrels and enchanted the experts in 2012.
    A top malt!
    [Color gold;
    • Nose
      Ardbeg nose, sweet smoke, behind red fruits, oak;
    • Taste
      mild onset, powerfully swelling, (ham) smoke, sweetness, fruity grapes, plums, tingling, warming, a lot of spicy oak;
    • Finish
      medium length finish; sweet smoke sounds long after;

  8. rolabob scored this whisky 89 points Expert Senior

    • Nose
      89 89
    • Taste
      90 90
    • Finish
      88 88

  9. alex..w..fan scored this whisky 85 points Connoisseur

    22 21 21 21

  10. toklian scored this whisky 86 points Connoisseur

    N22 P21 F22 N21

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