Ardbeg 10-year-old Guaranteed Finest Islay Single Malt, black screw cap
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | 1980 |
| Age | 10년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 40.0% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
옛 시절의 아드벡 10년이 옅은 볏짚빛을 잔에 드리운다. 1980년대 병입답게 묵직한 토탄 연기 아래로 타르와 요오드, 갯내음이 깊게 깔린다. 40도의 가벼운 입안에서도 아일라 남부 특유의 검은 재와 훈제 레몬, 감초가 또렷하게 번진다. 지금과는 다른 옛 아드벡의 거칠고 정직한 토탄이 혀를 천천히 덮는다. 마른 풀과 그을린 나무, 옅은 소금기의 여운이 길게 남으며 마무리되는 위스키다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
pale gold
air Nose
this is more delicate than the 1983, which suggests an earlier vintage(s). The smoke is sort of shier but also more elegant, the whole being more complex for sure. At random we get notes of fresh bitter almonds (quite a lot), white wine (Sauvignon), wet leaves and mushrooms (a walk through the trees, really), cloves and ginger, smoked tea (lapsang souchong)… Gets then a little fruitier (ripe apples and pears), grassier and even a tad mustardy. With water: gets a bit farmier (wet hay) and maritime as well (drying kelp on the beach), with also hints of fresh mint
restaurant Palate
starts unexpectedly fruity (granny smith) but it’s soon to get rather smokier, with big notes of fresh walnuts and crystallised lemon zests together with hints of liquorice, horseradish and green pepper. Gets then grassier and “pleasantly acrid”, if you see what I mean. With water: it’s here that it gets closer to the 30yo’s, with the kind of ‘majestic austerity’ that we like so much in most Broras. It is to be wondered if they didn’t sort of ‘dope’ this one with one or two casks of older spirit. Just a wild guess!
timer Finish
long, grassy, smokier now, with these very idiosyncratic notes of mustard and salt in the aftertaste