Ardbeg 09-year-old Rare Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | 2020 |
| Age | 9년 |
| Cask Type | Oloroso Sherry cask / Virgin American Oak |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 57.7% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
코끝에 먼저 닿는 것은 아드벡다운 짙은 피트 연기와 타르, 그 위로 올로로소 셰리와 버진 오크에서 온 향신료와 단 향이다. 아일라의 강렬한 9년 원액에 두 종류의 캐스크가 겹치며 스모키함과 우드 스파이스가 팽팽하게 발전한다. 입에서는 57.7도의 도수가 훈제 후추와 다크초콜릿, 건포도를 묵직하게 끌고 가고, 버진 오크의 정향과 시나몬이 또렷하게 깃들어 있다. 피니시는 재와 짭짤한 연기, 달콤한 향신료가 오래 머문다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
ha, this one starts as kippery as whisky can be! What’s even more striking are the notes of cooked ham that aren’t often to be found in Ardbeg, even young ones. Yet, it doesn’t smell immature despite the slightly raw whiffs of mercurochrome and tincture of iodine. Very funny development on… wait, Absinth? Serious! Also embrocations, dill… Between a pharmacy and an herbalist’s shop. Some pears, sign of youth. The peat isn’t really big, maybe it’ll come out louder with water. With water: changes a lot, now much more on metal polish, soot, linoleum, apple peelings and wet clothes and newspapers. Still no huge peat and no ‘new rubber boots effect’
restaurant Palate
punchy and powerful, much, much peatier, smokier and rougher than the nose suggested. Not exactly ‘Supernova-esque’ but closer to that one than to, say the regular Tens. Something herbal and bitter, artichoke liqueur (I’m sorry), or Fernet-Branca… Stomach bitter? You have to like that – I do. With water: less bitter herbs and more ‘sweet’ ones, aniseed, cider apples, then quite some limejuice and more and more salt. And smoke, of course
timer Finish
long, salty and earthy, not that far from the old 10 at this point. Notes of gentian spirit as often in youngish Ardbegs (I think!) as well as a little eucalyptus/cough drops