Ardbeg Ten Cask Strength
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | 2003 |
| Age | 10년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 57.8% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
아일라 남단 킬달톤 해안의 거센 바닷바람과 짙은 이탄이 아드벡의 강렬한 캐릭터를 처음부터 끝까지 지배한다. 캐스크 스트렝스로 병입한 이 10년은 밀짚빛을 띠고, 코에는 훈제 청어와 구운 햄, 요오드와 소독약에 배 같은 풋풋함이 스친다. 57.8도의 입안은 묵직한 피트 스모크와 재, 아티초크 같은 쌉쌀한 허브와 라임, 소금기가 힘차게 번진다. 여운은 짭짤하고 흙내음 짙으며 유칼립투스와 용담 뿌리의 뉘앙스가 길게 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
ha, this one starts as kippery as whisky can be! What’s even more striking are the notes of cooked ham that aren’t often to be found in Ardbeg, even young ones. Yet, it doesn’t smell immature despite the slightly raw whiffs of mercurochrome and tincture of iodine. Very funny development on… wait, Absinth? Serious! Also embrocations, dill… Between a pharmacy and an herbalist’s shop. Some pears, sign of youth. The peat isn’t really big, maybe it’ll come out louder with water. With water: changes a lot, now much more on metal polish, soot, linoleum, apple peelings and wet clothes and newspapers. Still no huge peat and no ‘new rubber boots effect’
restaurant Palate
punchy and powerful, much, much peatier, smokier and rougher than the nose suggested. Not exactly ‘Supernova-esque’ but closer to that one than to, say the regular Tens. Something herbal and bitter, artichoke liqueur (I’m sorry), or Fernet-Branca… Stomach bitter? You have to like that – I do. With water: less bitter herbs and more ‘sweet’ ones, aniseed, cider apples, then quite some limejuice and more and more salt. And smoke, of course
timer Finish
long, salty and earthy, not that far from the old 10 at this point. Notes of gentian spirit as often in youngish Ardbegs (I think!) as well as a little eucalyptus/cough drops