Ardbeg 1976 CA
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Cadenhead's (CA) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1976 |
| Bottled Year | 1993 |
| Age | 17년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 53.5% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 커피 리큐어와 밤 리큐어의 향이 점차 타르와 육향으로 발전해 소고기 육수를 연상시킬 만큼 진한 셰리 캐릭터를 드러내고, 가죽과 수지, 하바나 시가의 뉘앙스가 층층이 쌓인다. 아일라 아드벡을 1976 빈티지로 담은 이 카덴헤드 보틀링은 팰럿에서 짭짤하고 스모키한 타르와 초콜릿, 쌉쌀한 오렌지가 드라이하게 어우러진다. 53.5도의 힘 속에 피니시는 완벽한 균형으로 길게 이어진다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
dark amber
air Nose
oh, this is another variation, and another interesting one. Starts on quite some coffee liqueur and chestnut liqueur that get progressively more tarry and meaty, to the point where it starts to smell almost like plain beef stock after a while. Spectacular heavily sherried malt so far, ‘Ardbeg’ working almost as a seasoning here. At deeper nosing there are myriads of leathery and resinous smells, wonderful! With water: superb. We’re very close to an exceptional Havana cigar (nothing to do with the cheapy-crappy whisky+cigars marketing lines.)
restaurant Palate
bang! Immensely rich, salty, smoky, tarry, chocolaty, raisiny (not sweet raisins) and fantastically dry. Cough drops (Pulmoll), tar liqueur, bitter oranges, brown tobacco (untipped Gauloise)… Can malt whisky be bigger? With water: it’s a kind of fruitiness that comes out with water, somewhere between orange marmalade and, quite unexpectedly, lychee liqueur. Right, just a drop! Maybe a tad disconcerting at this stage. Very fruity
timer Finish
maybe not the longest old Ardbeg but balance is perfect – and everything is there, well in place