Ardbeg 1999 Single Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1999 |
| Bottled Year | 2021 |
| Age | 22년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Bourbon Barrel |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 55.3% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 크게 흔들면 아주 옅은 화이트 와인빛이 잔벽을 따라 흘러내린다. 코끝에 가져가면 아드벡답게 강렬한 피트 연기와 레몬, 굴 같은 바다 내음이 밀려오고 소독약 같은 약재 향이 뒤따른다. 한 모금 머금으면 55.3도의 기름진 질감이 혀를 감싸며 리몬첼로의 상큼함과 재, 훈연이 교차한다. 1999년에서 22년을 보낸 이 아일라 몰트는 잿내와 피트의 여운을 혀 뒤로 오래 끈다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
white wine (hurray!)
air Nose
sweet Vishnu, we’re close to the 1975! So much for ‘old’ vs. ‘new’ Ardbeg, I have to say this baby’s well within the same lineage, with a similar peatiness, similar lemons and similar oysters. And ashes, peat smoke and all the rest. Granted, it’s rather less complex, a bit fatter and a notch less crystalline, but that may come from the higher strength, let’s see… With water: they diverge now. This is more brutal and certainly more medicinal. A lot of antiseptic, then pinesap and this mega peat that smells just like… The distillery. I just couldn’t be against that. Love this nose
restaurant Palate
it’s sweeter than the 1975, for sure, with more limoncello for example, but once again, the peatiness and the ashes are similar. Having said that the sharpy spiciness that was in the 1975 is almost absent here, there’s this limoncello instead. With water: this feeling of swallowing a Cuban ashtray at 4 in the morning. An ashtray into which someone would have also poured the remainder of a glass of mojito!
timer Finish
very long and while the ashes and peat remain huge, it tends to become a tad sweeter. Is that the sherry?