Ardbeg 1961 CA Dumpy Bottle

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Ardbeg
Bottler	Cadenhead's (CA)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1961
Bottled Year	1977
Age	19년
Cask Type	-
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	46.0%
Volume	750 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

Flavor Profile

Smoky

Peaty

Oaky

Maritime

Sweet

Vanilla

Fruity

Creamy

Spicy

Citrus

Honey

Nutty

Dried Fruit

Herbal

Chocolate

Floral

Tasting Notes

Colour

light gold

air Nose

this is the most porridgey of them all, the most fermentary, and probably the closest to Nature. Raw wool on Islay (wandering on the Oa), chalk, mud and sheep dung, sourdough, sour fruit juice (white cherries, gooseberry juice), grist and wash… This is the first one that really smells of 'touring the distillery' (at 1am, valinch in hand)

restaurant Palate

gets drying almost instantly, but all the rest is pretty perfect. Extremely dry indeed, fino-y (Ardbeg in fino always worked well), then with mentholy lemons and medicinal potions of all kinds. The best of the 'newer' Ardbeg style, in my opinion

timer Finish

long, very dry, a little austere but very 'Ardbeg'

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