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 | 30년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 51.9% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
1973년 빈티지의 짙은 황금빛이 잔에 깊게 잠겨 있다. 30년이라는 긴 시간이 아드벡 본연의 강한 피트를 한층 부드럽게 다듬어 향에서 마른 해초와 흙냄새, 따스한 왁스가 차례로 일어선다. 입에서는 약초의 쓴맛과 훈제 베이컨, 옅은 시트러스 껍질이 51.9도라는 도수에 실려 묵직하게 입을 채운다. 2009년에 병입된 이 시기 올드 아드벡 특유의 다듬어진 훈연이 또렷이 비치고, 마른 오크와 짭짤한 미네랄이 길고 깊게 머문다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
as simple as 1+1, almost elementary, and yet immediately appealing. I’m finding it very pure, very obvious in the best way, with a little lemon and custard, and then an ashy/coastal smokiness mixed with raw malt and, indeed, some kelp. A thin nose, yet a great nose. With water: fresh bread and a gingery smoke
restaurant Palate
very different, there’s perhaps a little too much spicy oak for me in the arrival. A little too much caraway, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves for Ardbeg, at times it feels like some two-year-old American craft whiskey, really. Not that it’s bad, quite the opposite, it’s just kind of lost lost a wee chunk of the brand’s DNA, as they say in London. With water: rather better, water brings out more Ardbegness
timer Finish
better, fresher, lemony, smoky, rather gentle. Very nice spicy grapefruits in the aftertaste, as well as more spicy tannins again