Ardbeg 1997 Very Young Committee Reserve
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1997 |
| Bottled Year | 2003 |
| Age | 6년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 58.9% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
아일라 남안 아드벡의 거친 바다와 이탄 늪, 갯바위가 이 어린 원액에도 강렬하고 미네랄한 훈연을 새긴다. 1997년에 증류해 6년 만에 담은 커미티 리저브는 옅은 화이트 와인빛을 띠며 짙은 연기와 타르, 젖은 양모와 성냥, 굴의 향이 겹겹이 올라온다. 58.9도의 입안은 기름진 질감 위로 레몬과 이탄 훈연이 치고 캠퍼와 잘 익은 사과, 보리사탕의 단맛이 이어진다. 여운은 아드벡다운 달큰함과 은은한 스모크, 녹색 올리브가 길게 남아 어린 나이에도 놀라운 깊이를 전한다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
white wine (paler than the committee)
air Nose
it is not the same whisky as the earlier version, but rather beautiful it is. Big smoke and tar, then whiffs of wet wool and fresh walnuts, hints of struck matches and wee notes of cow stable as well as dried seaweed. Not the most complex Ardbeg ever but it’s beautifully austere and the smoke is big. With water: the kind of development that I enjoy a lot in fairly young Ardbegs, both mineral and even metallic and organic. Wet clay, oysters and the same kind of notes of green olives as in the committee release
restaurant Palate
oily mouth feel, the whole starting on a combination of lemon and peaty smokiness, closer to the committee release at this point. Grassy herbal tea. With water: oh this is funny, there are notes that we usually only get in older Ardbegs, such as some camphor and old style cough syrup. Gets sweeter after that, with notes of ripe apples and barley sugar
timer Finish
long, very ‘Ardbeg’, rather sweet and a little less smoky at this stage