A whisky that opens up with a drop of water giving those pine resin and soft smoke notes. A softer palate of dried fruit adds to the smokiness.

The flavour of Ardbeg An Oa rests on the hallmark Ardbeg peat profile of this most famous of Islay distilleries. Considered to have a very unusual flavour, the smooth sweetness and silky butterscotch and creamy texture leads drinkers through the smoky power of this single malt scotch whisky and its distant sweet spices, but creates a singularly rounded dram with gentle malty biscuit notes too.

The Mull of Oa, on Islay, is a promontory that protects the bay and the Ardbeg distillery that sits on its banks from the very worst of marine weather. It became the name of this intriguing peated whisky in order to symbolise the way in which it is wrapped in succulent flavours to soften and broaden the traditional peated profile of this non-age statement whisky.

On release in 2017, this was the first new bottle from the Ardbeg distillery in a decade. It became a new entry-level calling card for the brand and introduced an entirely new fanbase as well as encouraging existing Ardbeg fans to see the potential in how Ardbeg balances smokiness while allowing Ardbeg's classic fragrance and floral overtones to expand.