Ardbeg 1975 CA Authentic Collection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Cadenhead's (CA) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1975 |
| Bottled Year | 1994 |
| Age | 19년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 47.3% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
어두운 호박빛이 잔 속에서 붉게 일렁인다. 1975년 아일라에서 증류돼 셰리 캐스크를 거친 이 아드벡은 묵은 피트 연기와 타르, 말린 자두의 향이 깊게 얽힌다. 입에서는 그을린 오크와 다크 초콜릿, 약재 같은 쌉쌀함이 두꺼운 질감으로 흐른다. 47.3도의 부드러운 도수가 거친 피트를 둥글게 다듬는다. 짠 내와 훈연이 뒤섞인 여운이 오래 머물며 옛 아드벡 특유의 깊은 무게감을 천천히 풀어낸다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
pale gold
air Nose
a different world. Cadenhead, in those blessed times, were offering undiluted malts in this series, meaning these 47.3% were, in theory at least, natural. Old turpentine and ancient paint pots, those famous tarry ropes, pine sawdust, notes of black garlic, new leather and old leather (not the same thing at all!), then citrus liqueurs, bone broth, old amontillado (whether there's a sherry influence or not)... What a nose!
restaurant Palate
here we rediscover the complexity of old malts whose strength has naturally declined. This one has lots of plasticine, beef fat, candied lemon, cooked whelks, camphor, old chartreuse, tar liqueur... This might not sound very coherent, but rest assured, it is in the glass
timer Finish
only medium in length, but it's the complexity that wins the day. If I dared, I'd mention mint sauce – English recipe, of course. And again, beef marrow and... black garlic! Lots of pine in the aftertaste