ARDBEG HYPERNOVA
ARDBEG HYPERNOVA
Possibly the smokiest dram in the world (this one at least), Hypernova possesses a malty magnitude never before experienced.
This is a brutally smoky dram that radiates flavour in every direction.
Undoubtedly Ardbeg’s smokiest spirit, ARDBEG HYPERNOVA is a cataclysmic event for the Distillery.
It’s big, it’s intense, and it’s pulling palates into a whole new dimension…
51% ABV. 1 bottle maximum.
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TASTING NOTES
BEHIND THE EXPRESSION
A burst of intense smoky fruit escapes into the atmosphere of peat infused with zesty lemon and lime, wrapped in waxy dark chocolate. Bold menthol and black pepper slice through the sweet smoke followed by tarry ropes and graphite. Savour the aroma of smoked fish and crispy bacon alongside green bell peppers, baked pineapple and pear juice.Add water and an oceanic minerality brings a breath of cool, briny seaspray. Waxed lemon and lime follows with coal tar soap, beeswax and herby pine woodlands. Toasted vanilla and sizzling cinnamon simmer with warm hazelnut and almond toffee.
An explosion of crackling peat sets off millions of flavour explosions: peat effervesces with tangy lemon and lime juice, black pepper pops with sizzling cinnamon-spiced toffee. Then comes a wave of brine infused with smooth buttermilk, ripe bananas and currants. Smoke gradually wells up on the palate bringing a mouthful of warm creamy cappuccino and toasted marshmallows. As the taste lengthens and deepens, dry espresso, liquorice root and tarry smoke develop coating the palate with chewy peat oils.
The finish goes on and on a long and smoky with tarry espresso, aniseed, toasted almonds and traces of soft barley and fresh pear.
A place for the weird
The premier holiday home in Noosa, Australia’s best beachfront address. Gentle yet boldly recessed into the natural landscape on the edge of Noosa National Park and world-famous Sunshine Beach, Queensland.
Behind the Expression
Tasting Notes
COLOUR
Pale Straw
AROMA
Power, pungent, almost brutal in its intensity, with waves of tar, smoke, sea salt and an almost ‘barnyard’ aroma in the background. There is some restrained fruitiness, reminiscent of flowering blackcurrants, and very pungent burst of peppermint. Water releases some more rounded top notes, with a touch of lavender and a chocolaty sensation, before finally returning to the curious, savoury barnyard smell.
TASTE
An explosive, peppery mouthfeel leads into a most curious juxtaposition of flavours sweet chocolate, cooling peppermint, pungent peat smoke, bitter almonds, and then a hugely long, lingering burst of spices like aniseed and clove.
FINISH
The enormous, heavy smoke is always present and even as the aftertaste starts to build, the aromatic, heathery smoke never fades, it remains right to the very end.
