Ardbeg 1998 Rare Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1998 |
| Bottled Year | 2021 |
| Age | 22년 |
| Cask Type | First Fill Oloroso Sherry Butt Finish |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 56.2% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 아드벡 특유의 짙은 피트 연기 위로 올로로소 셰리의 건포도와 다크 초콜릿이 명확하게 드러난다. 팰럿에서는 퍼스트필 셰리 버트가 더한 진한 단맛과 그을린 재, 가죽이 뚜렷이 이어지며 구조감이 강건하다. 56.2도의 도수가 훈연과 셰리의 무게를 단단히 받친다. 피니시는 매캐한 스모크와 다크 베리가 길게 남으며, 22년 숙성한 레어 캐스크의 묵직한 균형이 선명하게 드러난다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
mahogany
air Nose
you're instantly reminded of some kind of smoky coffee, then metal polish, then pipe tobacco, then old copper kettles. Umami's hovering over all this and we cannot wait to add water. Neither can we not think of the first Uigeadails indeed, which stormed Whiskydom when they came out. With water: it's like a sea turtle, it swims better than it walks. Old coal stove, cocoa, black cigars, the tiniest drop of acetone ever, bitter oranges aplenty, and this thing that's always brilliant, 'new electronics'. Vegetal extracts are also showing up, soy sauce, umami sauce indeed…
restaurant Palate
very focused, compact, almost pungent. Heavy walnut cordial, tart lemon juice, cocoa, ground coffee, Worcester sauce and 'sucking an old penny'. Which no one should do, naturally. With water: smoked rancio, walnuts in all their possible forms, bone-dry armagnac, chocolate and coffee, then meaty, malty and vegetal extracts and sauces. Maggi, Kikkoman, Bovril… Oh and have I mentioned smoke?
timer Finish
very long, not stuffy – not light either – with a blend of smoked tea with all those yeasty sauces and extracts we've mentioned before. Rather some nutmeg in the aftertaste