Ardbeg 1975 DL Old & Rare - The Platinum Selection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Douglas Laing (DL) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1975 |
| Bottled Year | 2004 |
| Age | 29년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 58.3% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
오래 묵은 황금빛이 잔 속에서 깊게 빛난다. 1975년 증류돼 29년을 보낸 아드벡답게 묵직한 피트 연기 아래로 바닷내음과 레몬 껍질, 송진 같은 향이 층층이 솟아오른다. 입에 머금으면 그을린 장작과 후추, 짭조름한 미네랄이 강렬하게 퍼지고 잘 익은 과일의 단맛이 그 끝을 받친다. 58.3도의 힘이 입안을 가득 채우며, 재와 소금기, 훈제 향이 오래도록 잦아들지 않는 긴 여운을 남긴다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
white wine (paler than the committee)
air Nose
it is not the same whisky as the earlier version, but rather beautiful it is. Big smoke and tar, then whiffs of wet wool and fresh walnuts, hints of struck matches and wee notes of cow stable as well as dried seaweed. Not the most complex Ardbeg ever but it’s beautifully austere and the smoke is big. With water: the kind of development that I enjoy a lot in fairly young Ardbegs, both mineral and even metallic and organic. Wet clay, oysters and the same kind of notes of green olives as in the committee release
restaurant Palate
oily mouth feel, the whole starting on a combination of lemon and peaty smokiness, closer to the committee release at this point. Grassy herbal tea. With water: oh this is funny, there are notes that we usually only get in older Ardbegs, such as some camphor and old style cough syrup. Gets sweeter after that, with notes of ripe apples and barley sugar
timer Finish
long, very ‘Ardbeg’, rather sweet and a little less smoky at this stage