Ardbeg 1998 Rare Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1998 |
| Bottled Year | 2020 |
| Age | 22년 |
| Cask Type | Second Fill Oloroso Butt |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 56.5% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
짙은 호박빛이 잔에 어리는 이 아드벡은 세컨드필 올로로소 버트에서 22년을 보낸 보기 드문 보틀링이다. 향에는 짙은 토탄 연기와 말린 과일, 다크 초콜릿과 가죽의 기운이 어우러져 솟아오른다. 56.5도의 도수로 입에 머금으면 짭조름한 훈연 위로 건포도와 흑설탕, 커피의 풍미가 빽빽하게 번지고, 셰리와 피트가 힘있게 맞물린다. 연기와 다크 초콜릿의 여운이 길고 깊게 머문다.
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