Ardbeg 17-year-old
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | 1997 |
| Age | 17년 |
| Cask Type | Bourbon Barrel |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 43.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
I know this isn't very PC, but this is an ode to lower strengths. In other words, if the spirit's big, it sometimes needs no high strength. Indeed, this is incredibly complex and yet it's very focussed and, if I may, 'accurate and exact'. The peat isn't immense (as was the case with most Ardbegs from the late 1970s) but this combination of fresh almonds, cider apples, waxed papers, leather cream, sea water and old Pu-erh tea is absolutely amazing. A Montrachet from the best (old) vintages
restaurant Palate
incredible. Feels like 50% vol., with a very rare and unusual citrusy profile. I'd say pink grapefruits and citrons, plus some smoked salmon, other smoked fish, some kind of very old tar or pitch (long forgotten in grandpa's garage), some papers again (including a lot of ink), then something more medicinal with embrocations and camphor, apple peelings, walnuts... Of well oh well of well... It's becoming drier over time, but it remains magnificent. Can you drink engine oil?
timer Finish
amazingly long considering the strength, very phenolic and medicinal. Sap
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