Ardbeg 1959 CA Dumpy Bottle
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Cadenhead's (CA) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1959 |
| Bottled Year | 1985 |
| Age | 25년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Wood Cask |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting 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
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