Ardbeg 1973
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1973 |
| Bottled Year | 2004 |
| Age | 31년 |
| Cask Type | Bourbon Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 49.5% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 가볍게 흔들면 1973년에 채워진 아드벡의 옅은 황금빛이 잔 안에서 부드럽게 움직인다. 잔을 코끝에 가져가면 31년의 시간을 거친 누그러진 페놀, 마른 풀잎, 잘 익은 레몬 향이 인사한다. 49.5도의 한 모금을 머금으면 버번 호그스헤드의 바닐라와 옅은 미네랄 짠맛, 마른 흙냄새가 입천장을 천천히 덮는다. 삼킨 뒤에는 아일라 노숙성 특유의 절제된 연기가 길게 따라온다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
bright straw
air Nose
I think the 1973s always got a little lost in the 'noise' surrounding the 74s, 75s and 76s, which is a shame as I think you could say it's the fruitiest of those vintages and capable of being every bit as stunning. That's certainly the case here with gorgeous layers of seawater, grapefruit, smoked olive oil, those familiar tars and wood resins and pristinely crisp salty and mineral notes. We cannot help but think of perfectly mature, great dry white wines again. I would finally add there's a gorgeous underlying sootiness to this one as well
restaurant Palate
the concentration and cohesion is just gorgeous and so immediate! Fat, oily, luxurious peat smoke, studded with black pepper, iodine drops, bandages, citrus fruit piths and peels, powerful notes of tar extracts and beautifully intricate herbal teas and liqueurs. A profile that feels rather like an 'old Ardbeg montage'. With time it gets tarrier, ashier, fatter and more mineral with this stunningly fresh and brittle saltiness
timer Finish
über long and stunning once again, with a powerful resurgence of these extremely chiselled, mineral and precise and dry white wine notes that make you think of chenin blanc or Sancerre