Ardbeg 1996 Twenty Something
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1996 |
| Bottled Year | 2018 |
| Age | 22년 |
| Cask Type | Ex-Bourbon |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.4% |
| Volume | 100 ml 700 ml 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 아드벡 특유의 진한 피트 훈연과 타르 향이 엑스 버번 캐스크의 옅은 바닐라와 함께 먼저 두드러진다. 1996년 증류해 22년을 보낸 아일라 몰트다운 마른 연기와 시트러스가 뒤를 받친다. 입에서는 46.4도의 도수가 그을린 맥아와 레몬, 옅은 약품 향을 또렷하게 펼친다. 오랜 숙성이 강한 피트를 부드럽게 다듬는다. 피니시는 마른 연기와 오크, 옅은 소금기의 여운이 길게 이어지며 22년 숙성의 균형이 단단하다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
starts punchier and much woodier, on quite some apple skin, grape seeds, lemon juice… Lots of tannins and something like aspirin? Overinfused tea? Gets very grassy and herbal as well as milky and mashy… This one lacks sweetness and roundness I think, it’s rather hard to enjoy. Gets quite mustardy, prickly, with also a slight dirtiness
restaurant Palate
rather better on the palate, with still sort of a bitterness but also more sweetness. Lots of pepper, horseradish, strong tea… gets more and more vegetal, grassy again. Less austere than the Chieftains on the palate but still lacking roundness I think, even if the finish is quite nice, sugary, peppery and mustardy at the same time. Hints of Turkish delights that prevent it from getting even bitterer. Well, not really my tastes but it’s always interesting to taste a Banff. 79 points (unchanged, this was a second try after a friend ‘insisted’ on this one ;-)) MALT MANIACS INFORMATION PORT ELLEN DISTILLERY PROFILE by Lawrence Graham Operational: 1825 silent from 1929-67 but bonded warehouses and maltings continued to operate. Closed : In May 1983. License returned in 1992. Region: Islay, south shore. Operational Owner: 17th December, 1997 United Distillers & Vintners Ltd, Diageo Plc. Current Owner: Diageo Plc. Address: Port Ellen, Isle of Islay, Argyll & Bute, PA42 7AH (1) Port Ellen. If there is one distillery that evokes strong emotions in the heart of the enthusiast it must be Port Ellen. As bottlings, official and unofficial become scarcer the angst only grows. Can’t they simply rebuild it? Possible but tragically, unlikely. This south shore of Islay distillery was originally founded by Alexander Ker Mackay with the support of the owner of Islay, Walter Frederick Campbell, M.P. of Shawfield & Islay. One source indicates that Port Ellen was actually a malt mill built in 1825 by Alexander Ker Mackay and was only converted to a distillery a few years later (2) . Most other sources give the date of 1825 for the actual building of the distillery but this appears to be incorrect. The distillery’s original name was Leodamus “Leods Moss” but was renamed after Lady Eleanor/Ellinor Campbell, Port of Lady Eleanor/Ellinor, the wife of Walter Frederick Campbell (3) . The water source was the Leorin Lochs just to the north of the distillery. When distilling became the main focus