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
아일라 남안의 아드벡이 43도로 담은 옛 17년으로, 낮은 도수에서 오히려 정교하게 빛나는 원액이다. 잔에는 골드빛이 어린다. 향은 거대하지 않은 피트 위로 갓 깐 아몬드와 사과, 왁스 먹인 종이와 가죽, 바닷물이 정밀하게 어우러진다. 입안은 핑크 자몽 같은 시트러스에 훈제 연어와 오래된 타르, 캠퍼가 얽혀 놀랍도록 복합적이다. 아일라 해안의 약재 같은 개성이 또렷하다. 여운은 매우 길고 페놀과 수액의 뉘앙스가 남는다.
AITasting 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