Ardbeg 1973 DL The Old Malt Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Douglas Laing (DL) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1973 |
| Bottled Year | 2000 |
| Age | 27년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 50.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 1973 빈티지 아드벡이 27년의 숙성으로 발전한 절제된 토탄 연기가 가장 먼저 두드러진다. 더글라스 라잉 OMC 라인답게 짭조름한 바다내음과 옅은 의약품, 흙 노트가 명확하게 드러난다. 팰럿에서는 50도의 안정된 알코올이 두꺼운 오일리 질감으로 흐르고, 그릴드 시트러스와 가죽, 후추가 균형 있게 발전한다. 피니시는 따뜻한 토탄 잿더미와 짠 미네랄이 길게 이어지며 구조감이 단단하다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
pale gold
air Nose
it's that rarest of things: a fruity Ardbeg! We're not talking 60s Bowmore levels of fruit here, but there are indeed some nicely elegant notes of grapefruit and tangerine coming through. I think you can find these profiles only really in batches from 1973 with Ardbeg. There's also bandages, eucalyptus oils, fir wood resins, natural tar and pickled fruits. Quite aromatic and detailed. With water: much more herbal, some kind of smoked breads, bouillon stocks, fennel and light tarriness
restaurant Palate
big, rather sharp arrival, hugely sooty and salty. Natural tar, beach wood, bandages again, mineral salts, more grapefruit and iodine. It's also rather dry and dusty too - a slightly difficult one I think. With water: there's some pleasing citrus, some nicely chiselled smokiness, mineral salts, seawater and a touch of malt vinegar. But this is a bit of an unusual Ardbeg for the era
timer Finish
quite long, saline, crisply smoky, light wood ashes and hessian