Ardbeg 1973 DL Old & Rare - The Platinum Selection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Douglas Laing (DL) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1973 |
| Bottled Year | 2009 |
| Age | 36년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 44.7% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pale gold
air Nose
it's not woody and it's not tired. Perfectly 'Ardbeg', starting with rather more lemon and apples than in the other ones that we just had, and also with more wax, almond oil and marzipan. Quite some soot as well, quite some shoe polish, then more grass, clay and chalk, the whole getting drier by the minute. Also pretty much the same medicinal notes as in the 1974 (cloves, gin, tincture of iodine). Globally austere, it'll all happen on the palate I guess. Well, I hope
restaurant Palate
hmm... Does Ardbeg keep above 30yo? Good questing, eh!? I must say I've had quite a few Ardbegs that had spent more than 30 or even 35 years in wood - many have been disappointing. I believe Ardbeg (well, old-style Ardbeg) shines at 25 to 30 years of age but sort of nosedives after that, whish is... not the case here (S., you s** s**!) Still perfect, still pretty nervous, even if it became thicker and even kind of liqueur-ish after 36 years. A lot of earth, peat, leather, lemon marmalade, a saltiness, tar, ham, smoked salmon, salted liquorice, oysters... The bigness of this is actually pretty incredible
timer Finish
very long and kind of penetrating. Really an Ardbeg liqueur at very high strength. Funny notes of kippers in the aftertaste
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