Ardbeg 1976 Feis Ile 2002
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1976 |
| Bottled Year | 2002 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | Sherry Butt |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 53.1% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
dark amber
air Nose
oh, this is another variation, and another interesting one. Starts on quite some coffee liqueur and chestnut liqueur that get progressively more tarry and meaty, to the point where it starts to smell almost like plain beef stock after a while. Spectacular heavily sherried malt so far, ‘Ardbeg’ working almost as a seasoning here. At deeper nosing there are myriads of leathery and resinous smells, wonderful! With water: superb. We’re very close to an exceptional Havana cigar (nothing to do with the cheapy-crappy whisky+cigars marketing lines.)
restaurant Palate
bang! Immensely rich, salty, smoky, tarry, chocolaty, raisiny (not sweet raisins) and fantastically dry. Cough drops (Pulmoll), tar liqueur, bitter oranges, brown tobacco (untipped Gauloise)… Can malt whisky be bigger? With water: it’s a kind of fruitiness that comes out with water, somewhere between orange marmalade and, quite unexpectedly, lychee liqueur. Right, just a drop! Maybe a tad disconcerting at this stage. Very fruity
timer Finish
maybe not the longest old Ardbeg but balance is perfect – and everything is there, well in place