Ardbeg 1989 The Abyss
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1989 |
| Bottled Year | 2024 |
| Age | 34년 |
| Cask Type | Heavely Toasted French Oak |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 48.4% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
walnut stain/bronze. An unusual colour, which might explain why these casks weren’t selected back in the day for the first Corryvreckan
air Nose
… but the nose is very beautiful, fairly delicate, evoking pine bud liqueur, figs, peach or cherry leaves, dried mint, then old glue and varnish, preserved greengages, an old toolbox, a touch of saltpetre, an old copper kettle, then embrocations, ointments, tiger balm, patchouli… Ultimately, it’s the greengages that dominate. All this is delicate, polished by time, slightly fragile, and quite… romantic. I can’t help but wonder if one or all of the casks had been patched
restaurant Palate
you completely get those fruit tree leaves again, cherry stalk tea, a kind of mentholated tar, old herbal liqueurs, leather, very old cognac, resinous wood, pipe tobacco, pre-war crème de menthe… In fact, it’s like a slightly faded pre-war cognac, the sort we sip from time to time on a Sunday. Perhaps the French oak has done much of the heavy lifting here. There’s a little sandalwood too, though the structure remains pretty light
timer Finish
short, almost evanescent but quite bitter and earthy. Underberg