Ardbeg The Abyss, 48%

This 34 year old whisky matured in the remaining active French oak casks from the original Corryvreckan batch invites you to dive into its complex aromas of dark fruit, chewy smoke, seaweed, plum, chestnut, roasted spices, black olive, salted nuts, soy sauce, and lime peel. Rich, oily, mouth-coating, and drying simultaneously, there’s peppered steak, salted pecan, toffee, soy sauce, umami, mushrooms in red wine, black cherry, leather, oak, and aniseed.