Ardbeg 1967 DL The Old Malt Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Douglas Laing (DL) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1967 |
| Bottled Year | 2000 |
| Age | 32년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 43.1% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pale gold
air Nose
not bold ‘of course’ but rather expressive considering the age. No ‘loud’ fruitiness but rather a fine minerality, whiffs of ashes, stones, wax, marzipan (like often in these very old bottles). Gets meaty with time. There are also quite some flowers from the fields (dandelions). Hints – just hints - of tangerines. Really complex, subtle, with a long development, ending on tallow and soot
restaurant Palate
punchier than expected! Now we have some lemon sweets, lemon pie, roasted hazelnuts… Then verbena and spearmint (other flavours that are quite common in very old bottles) as well as a great waxiness. Gets then quite maritime, with a little salt that starts to play with your palate as well as grapefruit juice. The peat is well here in the background, also a little honey. How good!
timer Finish
long, salty, lemony and nutty, even better than at the attack or the middle. Great aftertaste on mandarins. What an excellent surprise, with a development that’s much longer than expected. And it got neither drying, nor tea-ish - at all. 91 points (and many thanks, Olivier). MUSIC – Recommended listening: Belgium's Micheline van Hautem sings Jacques Brel's La valse à mille temps.mp3 . Very, very good, please don't forget to buy her music and please go see her live if you can. June 11, 2007 THE FEIS ILE SESSIONS – SEVEN 1967 ARDBEGS Ardbeg 32 yo 1967/1999 (43.1%, Douglas Laing OMC, 120 bottles)