Ardbeg 1974 FC for The Sunday Times Wine Club

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Ardbeg
Bottler	First Cask (FC)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1974
Bottled Year	-
Age	19년
Cask Type	-
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	46.0%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

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Flavor Profile

Smoky

Peaty

Maritime

Sweet

Oaky

Fruity

Vanilla

Honey

Spicy

Creamy

Herbal

Dried Fruit

Nutty

Citrus

Floral

Chocolate

Tasting Notes

Colour

light gold

air Nose

this is the most porridgey of them all, the most fermentary, and probably the closest to Nature. Raw wool on Islay (wandering on the Oa), chalk, mud and sheep dung, sourdough, sour fruit juice (white cherries, gooseberry juice), grist and wash… This is the first one that really smells of 'touring the distillery' (at 1am, valinch in hand)

restaurant Palate

gets drying almost instantly, but all the rest is pretty perfect. Extremely dry indeed, fino-y (Ardbeg in fino always worked well), then with mentholy lemons and medicinal potions of all kinds. The best of the 'newer' Ardbeg style, in my opinion

timer Finish

long, very dry, a little austere but very 'Ardbeg'

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