Ardbeg 1975 Rare Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1975 |
| Bottled Year | 2022 |
| Age | 46년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Bourbon Barrel |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.3% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
orangey amber
air Nose
amazing how there are such obvious similarities, but this is altogether more about precision and focus, whereas the 1974 was broader and more open in its immediate profile, perhaps due to being a multi-cask vatting and bottled at 43%. This is very narrowly on a stunning mix of iodine and tarry Ardbeg peat smoke. Once again you have the feeling that the sherry cask influence is there, but it’s so deeply entwined and bound up with the distillate that it’s hard to even notice them as separate forces. This one also displays a greater impression of sweetness and concentration, a feeling of herbal cough syrups liqueurs made of gentian and tar. There’s a global touch of fragility to this nose, but it remains hypnotic and undeniably gorgeous
restaurant Palate
a little slow but the progression in the mouth builds and builds to a stunningly thick, peaty crescendo. Syrupy sweet, while also drying herbal and peppery at the same time; one of those whiskies that feels like it should not make sense on paper, the things it is able to achieve simultaneously. Deeply oily, tarry and with an almost fatty, glistening peat presence on the palate
timer Finish
wonderfully long, stunningly herbal and peaty, perfectly bitter, and showcasing all the expected medicines, tars, wee earthy and meaty notes and this gorgeously tarry aftertaste
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