Ardbeg 1972 GM Connoisseurs Choice
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1972 |
| Bottled Year | - |
| Age | 13년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 40.0% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 코끝에 가져가면 가장 먼저 1972년 빈티지 아드벡 특유의 깊은 피트 연기와 요오드 향이 들이친다. 잔을 살짝 흔들면 40도의 옅은 황금빛이 천천히 잔 벽을 미끄러진다. 한 모금을 머금으면 13년 숙성이 만들어낸 짭조름한 해초와 가죽의 풍미가 입천장을 덮으며 천천히 따라간다. 아일라 남부의 짠 바람이 마른 흙과 약품 향으로 입안에 오래 머문다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
full gold
air Nose
it's obvious that it was a mistake to have this as the apéritif. These drops remind us why some became fans of Ardbeg, some way before a certain 'writer' started to promote the freshly bought brand as if there were no tomorrow, in the mid to late 1990s. This has strictly nothing to do with any recent Ardbeg, NAS or not, be it natural or pumped-up with woods or wines, even if we keep writing that 'Ardbeg will always be Ardbeg', which is true in a way. But let's build a short list of aromas, let's say old coal tar, old hessian bags, dunnage, those famous tarry ropes, almond paste (an important member of the choir), bicycle inner tube, overripe apples rather than citrus, old engine oils, benzine, then all things sea fruit, from whelks to oysters. I'd even quote sea urchins, and certainly kelp
restaurant Palate
incredible feeling of peat-smoked fruit paste (quince, pear) and just an avalanche of tarry notes, in all their guises. And some citrus this time
timer Finish
surprising long and rather on camphor, ointments, seawater and smoked oysters. Ashy quince jelly in the aftertaste