Ardbeg 1974 CA Dumpy Bottle

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Ardbeg
Bottler	Cadenhead's (CA)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1974
Bottled Year	1986
Age	15년
Cask Type	-
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	46.0%
Volume	750 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

Flavor Profile

Smoky

Peaty

Maritime

Oaky

Sweet

Fruity

Vanilla

Spicy

Nutty

Citrus

Herbal

Creamy

Dried Fruit

Honey

Floral

Chocolate

Tasting Notes

Colour

straw

air Nose

lots of clay and modelling putty at first, then a lovely sweetness sets in, mainly on marzipan, fresh putty and shellfish, with very gentle seaweed and just hints of tar and mild mint. This is an Ardbeg leaning rather towards elegance

restaurant Palate

splendid! As gentle and restrained as the nose was, the palate bursts forth with salinity, grapefruit and sheer coastal peat, you get the impression of swallowing seawater or taking a massive wave full in the face. The rest is extraordinary, with all the usual suspects: gentian, chartreuse, absinthe, limoncello, oysterleaf and a myriad of tiny edible herbs, the whole as precisely tuned as a V12

timer Finish

long, more medicinal, and feeling more like 50% than 46, with an increasingly oily texture and an aftertaste on the trio of ashes, lemon and seawater

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