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 | 30년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 47.8% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
deep gold
air Nose
typically tarry and full of simmering embrocations, pure peat smoke, seawater, old creel nets, rope and hessian. There’s also flint smoke, chalk, beach pebbles and a more direct and fulsome minerality than usual in these old Ardbegs. You also get a hint of rancio and walnut oil from the sherry which is extremely pleasing. Further notes of waxes, mustard powder, smoked paprika and aged pu erh teas
restaurant Palate
hugely peppery, spicy, dry peat, something like smoked mushrooms (if such a thing exists) and preserve lemons in brine. Leans heavily towards hessian, camphor and smoked olive oil. Salty, fat, oily, tarry and very classical, with a mouthfeel that feels bolder and bigger that it’s ABV would suggest
timer Finish
Long, medical, wonderfully tarry and full of pure peat smoke, black pepper, smoked meats and black olives