D'accordo con Davide: interessante al naso, ma poi...
Sicuramente niente di indimenticabile!

È stato giusto assaggiarlo.
ma non lascia il segno, sono d'accordo con voi.

È stato giusto assaggiarlo.
ma non lascia il segno, sono d'accordo con voi.

No, no, l'etichetta eccome se lascia il segno !!

[I love Laphroaig]

Ieri Serge Valentine ha "recensito" il Galileo. Risultato 84 punti, non male, e tante parole scritte. Ardbeg fa più parlare che entusiasmare!
Da http://whiskyfun.com/

Ardbeg 1999/2012 ‘Galileo’ (49%, OB)
A rather large proportion of this wide bottling (around 50,000 bottles, it seems) was matured in ex-Marsala casks (30-40%). Marsala is a pretty old-fashioned Sicilian wine, much akin to sherry, that’s more used for cooking these days (in zabaione, tiramisu, various sauces...) It comes as red or white, dry or sweet. I don’t know which kind of Marsala was used for this Ardbeg. Colour: gold. Nose: less ‘Ardbeg’ than the G&M, rather rounder, less coastal for sure but also a little more medicinal. Rubber gloves (haha), then verbena and genepy (aniseed-like herbal notes), touches of tangerines, overripe apples and just a little walnut liqueur. Also ripe plums, quite unusual even in the most sherried old Ardbegs. There’s also quite some vanilla and whiffs of pencil shavings, probably not from some old ‘chateau’ Marsala cask. Anyway, a very nice nose for sure, it may just lack more Ardbegness if you’re into ‘pure’ styles. Mouth: starts a little weirdly, slightly disjointed, between the distillery’s usual sharp and zesty profile and a kind of both candied and dry fruitiness that stays apart (a kind of mixture of plums and bitter almonds). The oak’s also quite loud, with again notes of pencil shavings and heavily infused tea. Becomes more drying after that, kind of greenish (cardamom? Cumin?) Finish: medium long, lemony and green. Green pepper. Slightly sour aftertaste, not unpleasant, with a saltiness. Comments: I really enjoyed the nose but I’m not too fond of the palate. Having said that, it’s probably a fine effort but as far as I’m concerned, I prefer Ardbeg au naturel. SGP:566 - 84 points.
PS: maybe did they use Marsala casks because there’s ‘Mars’ in the name?

[I love Laphroaig]

I prefer Ardbeg au naturel, non serve aggiungere altro.

[I love Laphroaig]

Aggiungo. Le parole peat e smoke non compaiono proprio...

[angelshare]

Comments: I really enjoyed the nose but I’m not too fond of the palate
questo lo penso anche io, quindi un 84 non e' giustificato...ovvio che lo devo riprovare in condizioni migliori. Vediamo alla degustazione nostra...
Cosa positiva: lo senti che e' un Ardbeg, almeno al naso, ha un'anima e un minimo di struttura. Cosa che non c'era nell'alligatore e nel 2 giugno.

Secondo me 84 punti sono fin troppi...