Inverleven 1978 DT From Huntly to Paris
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Inverleven |
| Bottler | Duncan Taylor (DT) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1978 |
| Bottled Year | 2008 |
| Age | 30년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 50.6% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Lowlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 로랜드 인버레븐의 30년 장기 숙성이 만들어낸 마른 건초와 꿀, 시트러스 껍질이 가장 먼저 두드러진다. 1978 빈티지답게 오래된 오크의 정제된 향이 서서히 발전한다. 팰럿은 50.6도의 또렷한 도수 위로 보리 단맛과 사과, 가벼운 백후추가 명확하게 드러나며 구조감이 단단하다. 피니시는 마른 오크와 미네랄이 길게 이어지고, 폐쇄된 증류소 특유의 절제된 우아함이 끝까지 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
full gold
air Nose
yes! We don’t want to sound like f*****g purists but Ardbeg is better at making Ardbeg. There’s as much smoke, iodine, tar, wet wool, wet clay, oysters and fresh walnuts as possible in whisky. With water: even wilder, with unexpected notes of green olives. And we love green olives…
restaurant Palate
even better than on the nose. Very thick, very creamy, peaty, lemony, kumquatty (wot?), bergamotty (hey?) and rather salty. Prototypically Ardbeg, kind of a bigger Airigh Nam Beist. With water: just sumptuous. Probably one of the best young Ardbegs we ever tried (we take it for granted that it’s not an old Ardbeg.)
timer Finish
as long as a Fidel speech. Amazing peat/pepper combo