Ardbeg 1993 GM Spirit of Scotland
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1993 |
| Bottled Year | 2003 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 43.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
white wine
air Nose
a raw, yeasty, porridgy young Ardbeg with quite some vanilla, lemon and a lot of… alcohol. Not much peat, this one reminds me a bit of the famous ‘Kildaltons’ 1980/1981. A little hard to enjoy when at full strength, let’s add water. With water: more of the same, and even more porridge and baker’s yeast but also more maritime notes (seashells, ‘a walk on the beach’ and all that jazz). Improved a bit
restaurant Palate
powerful, crisp, very smoky this time but once again, not extraordinarily peaty as such. Quite some pepper, grass (green tea), green vegetables, chlorophyll gums… An unusually grassy Ardbeg. With water: it got good, with a pleasant combination of dried fruits (notably quinces and oranges) with soft spices, a good smokiness and a few resinous notes that really are an asset here
timer Finish
long but quite bizarrely, the yeasty and porridgy notes stroke back, as if they wouldn’t melt into the peat and the fruitiness
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