Ar2 60.5% - Elements of Islay 艾雷元素 (繼Ar1之後又一Ardbeg佳作，豐富的果香夾雜著極佳的煙燻泥煤味，帶有一點巧克力及柑橘味，讓人猜測是否有加入雪莉桶勾兌? 餘味飽滿且悠長，Ar2的成熟穩重與Ar1年輕奔放帶來截然不同的感受，可惜的是配量不多，很快就會售完... )
Tasting Notes by Whiskyfun Serge:
Ar2 (60.5%, Specialty Drinks, Elements of Islay, 2009, 50cl) Last year’s Ar1 was excellent (WF89) and here’s a new version, possibly a bigger molecule according to its name ;-). Colour: straw. Nose: very different from the Corryvreckan, starting with a little less smoke but more fruits (or rather orange zests and lemon essence). The smoke gets much bigger after a few seconds, and we’re getting much closer to the OB in style. It’s even getting very difficult to spot major differences after five minutes, both being very similar. With water: it’s very different from the OB now, with more chocolate, soot, touches of wet dogs (sorry dogs) and ‘wet’ smoke (campfire under the rain). A little wilder than the OB. Mouth (neat): more nervous, more lemony and more salty than the OB at the attack, more ‘brutal’ in a certain way. Lime, marzipan, green tea and a huge smokiness. The lemon plays with both your tongue and your lips. With water: classic and classy. ‘Smoked lemon’, almonds, kippers. Finish: very long. Comments: definitely wilder than the OB. Actually, I like the Ar2 a little better than the Ar1, it’s probably even closer to the distillery’s markers. Well done – but can we have it in magnums? SGP:368 - 90 points.
Last year’s Ar1 was excellent (WF89) and here’s a new version, possibly a bigger molecule according to its name ;-). Colour: straw. Nose: very different from the Corryvreckan, starting with a little less smoke but more fruits (or rather orange zests and lemon essence). The smoke gets much bigger after a few seconds, and we’re getting much closer to the OB in style. It’s even getting very difficult to spot major differences after five minutes, both being very similar. With water: it’s very different from the OB now, with more chocolate, soot, touches of wet dogs (sorry dogs) and ‘wet’ smoke (campfire under the rain). A little wilder than the OB. Mouth (neat): more nervous, more lemony and more salty than the OB at the attack, more ‘brutal’ in a certain way. Lime, marzipan, green tea and a huge smokiness. The lemon plays with both your tongue and your lips. With water: classic and classy. ‘Smoked lemon’, almonds, kippers. Finish: very long. Comments: definitely wilder than the OB. Actually, I like the Ar2 a little better than the Ar1, it’s probably even closer to the distillery’s markers. Well done – but can we have it in magnums? SGP:368 - 
