Ardbeg 1993 CA Cadenhead's 175th Anniversary
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Cadenhead's (CA) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1993 |
| Bottled Year | 2017 |
| Age | 23년 |
| Cask Type | ex-bourbon hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 52.4% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 흔들면 옅은 금빛이 잔 벽을 타고 부드럽게 흐른다. 코를 가져가면 아일라 아드벡이 버번 호그스헤드에서 길어 올린 짙은 타르와 훈제 레몬, 바닷내음이 강하게 올라온다. 1993년 증류된 23년 숙성에 52.4도를 가진 이 보틀링을 한 모금 머금으면 강렬한 피트 연기와 후추, 옅은 단맛이 혀를 휘감는다. 삼키고 나면 그을린 연기와 미네랄의 끝맛이 입안에 길게 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
pale gold
air Nose
extraordinarily pure and powerful with a real blast furnace of peat coming at you out of the glass. Charred whelks, petrol, pure seawater, kelp, bonfire embers and fresh lemon juice. I wouldn’t say it’s super complex, but rather it’s the purity, precision and sheer beauty of the flavours which is so thrilling and striking. Was 1993 the most inconsistent year for Ardbeg? The quality seems to have been all over the place. With water: gets almost hyper saline, fresh, citric and pure. Some wispy notes of smoky wood ashes, dried seaweed, rock pools and medical balms and vapour rubs
restaurant Palate
reminiscent of some 1978s with this almost diesel-esque dirtiness. Big, glycerol peat, fat maltiness, hugely smoky, tarry, black olives in brine, miso broth, umami paste, TCP, iodine drops and sheep wool oils. Powerhouse, brilliant Ardbeg. With water: salty, peaty, wonderfully oily, fat and still showing this almost greasy boiler smoke grubbiness that carries with it black olive tapenade and anchovy paste
timer Finish
long, rather lemony (preserved lemons), lots of gauze, bandages, herbal mouthwash, antiseptic and iodine. And peat!