Ardbeg Lord of the Isles
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | 2001 |
| Age | 25년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
아일라 남쪽 해안의 아드벡은 강렬한 피트와 바다 내음으로 섬을 대표한다. 25년의 긴 시간을 보낸 로드 오브 디 아일스는 깊은 황금빛을 머금는다. 향은 그을린 타르와 훈제 생선, 바닐라의 단내가 층층이 솟아오른다. 입에서는 46도의 부드러운 도수 속에서 잘 익은 피트가 후추와 다크 초콜릿, 소금기를 둥글게 감싼다. 오래 숙성된 아드벡 특유의 정제된 훈연이 달콤쌉쌀하게 입천장을 천천히 덮으며 긴 여운으로 남는다.
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